Inflammatory myofibrohistiocytic proliferation presenting as giant gastric pseudotumor

Abstract

A 5-year-old boy presented with refractory microcytic anemia, growth failure, and markedly elevated sedimentation rate. Computed tomographic (CT) and upper gastrointestinal study disclosed an ulcerated 9-cm large gastric mass, which proved to be an inflammatory myofibrohistiocytic proliferation (IMP). The characteristic clinical and radiologic features of this rare entity are herein reviewed.

Fever of Unknown Origin as a Presentation of Gastric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in a Two-Year-Old Boy

“…Clinical and pathological findings from a review of 13 cases of gastric IMT in children that has been reported under a variety of additional descriptive terms are summarized in Table 1 (4,(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). Most cases were of less than 6-yr-old children (92.3%) and females (69.2%).…”