Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of saplinx: a very rare case treated with a less aggressive method

Fatemeh Homaei-Shandiz; Reza Jafarzadeh-Esfehani; Nasrin Moazzen; Amir  Amirabadi

International Journal of Cancer Management

The Official Journal of Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of saplinx: a very rare case treated with a less aggressive method

Author(s):

Fatemeh Homaei-Shandiz¹,

Reza Jafarzadeh-Esfehani²,

Nasrin Moazzen³,

Amir Amirabadi^4,*

1Associated Professor of Radiation Oncology, Solid tumors Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2Medical Student, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran

3Fellow of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

4Radiation Oncologist, Solid tumors Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

International Journal of Cancer Management:Vol. 7, issue 4; e80565

Published online:Dec 31, 2014

Article type:Case Report

Received:Apr 25, 2014

Accepted:Jun 22, 2014

How to Cite:Fatemeh Homaei-ShandizReza Jafarzadeh-EsfehaniNasrin MoazzenAmir AmirabadiInflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of saplinx: a very rare case treated with a less aggressive method.Int J Cancer Manag.7(4):e80565.

Abstract

Inflammatory pseudotumour describes as a wide range of neoplastic and reactive lesions. One of the rare presentations of these tumors is found in the salpinx. This case report characterizes a thirty six year old woman with a history of left sided abdominal pain for a few months. Further examinations revealed that she had a complex cyst in her left salpinx. The patient had normal levels of tumor markers such as CA125, Alfa Fetoprotein (AFP), and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), while other paraclinical test were in normal values Additionaly The patient underwent left salpingectomy by a gynecologist. The pathological diagnosis of the lesion was inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). In immunohistochemistry the tumor stains was moderately positive in anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and also actin positive. Total resection of tumor was performed with no complications and remained disease free during follow up for 40 months. Although Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor (IMT) is benign in nature, but in order to improve the prognosis, this tumor requires low intensity surgical treatment.

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Inflammatory myofibroblastic Pseudo tumor

Salpinx

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