A Resected Primary Splenic Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor
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Splenic inflammatory pseudotumor (inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor).
We report a case of a splenic inflammatory pseudotumor (myofibroblastic tumor) in a 43-year-old man with a 5-year history of chronic bronchitis and sleep apnea syndrome. The patient was hospitalized because of a screen-detected splenic mass lesion. His sputum cultures revealed Mycobacterium avium complexes on only one occasion. Imaging studies revealed a 7 cm solitary tumorous lesion, and diffe...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0386-9768,1348-9372
DOI: 10.5833/jjgs.45.857