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Published on: September 12, 2019
Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A case report
Meng Tong1, Bo-Cheng Zhang1, Fei-Yu Jia2
1Department of General Surgery, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, Liaoning Province, China.
Background:
Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (HIMT) is a rare type of hepatic tumor. It is always misdiagnosed and mistreated because it is primarily found with no obvious specific manifestation, and its imaging findings are diverse.
Case Summary:
Here, we report a case of HIMT that was initially diagnosed as liver malignancy but was confirmed as HIMT by histopathology after hepatectomy. Mostly, HIMTs are infiltrated with plasma cells and stain positively for anaplastic lymphoma kinase on immunohistochemistry as well as for some other kinases.
Conclusion:
HIMT can be treated with single nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and without surgery when it is diagnosed accurately. Because the etiology of HIMT is unknown and the diagnosis is difficult, the pathogenesis and clinical process need to be further studied.
