Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor: A Rare Tumor in the Tongue
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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor: A Rare Tumor in the Tongue
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is composed of myofibroblast and inflammatory cell infiltration of the tissue. Malign transformation and recurrence rate of this tumor is rare and accepted as benign fibroinflammatory disease. The main etiology is unclear, but infection, trauma, and immunologic event are accused. In this study, we presented a 75-year-old man with a mass on his tongue, which wa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Otolaryngology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2090-6765,2090-6773
DOI: 10.1155/2013/787824