Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Breast

Christos Markopoulos; Petros Charalampoudis; Evangelia Karagiannis; Zoh Antonopoulou; Dimitrios Mantas

doi:10.1155/2015/705127

Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2015)

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Breast

Christos Markopoulos,
Petros Charalampoudis,
Evangelia Karagiannis,
Zoh Antonopoulou,
Dimitrios Mantas

Affiliations

Christos Markopoulos: The Breast Unit, 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Medical School, National University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Petros Charalampoudis: The Breast Unit, 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Medical School, National University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Evangelia Karagiannis: The Breast Unit, 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Medical School, National University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Zoh Antonopoulou: The Breast Unit, 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Medical School, National University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Mantas: The Breast Unit, 2nd Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Medical School, National University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/705127
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

Abstract

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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) of the breast represent extremely rare lesions. Due to the scarcity of reports, their natural history, recurrence, and metastatic potential remain poorly defined. We report on a case of a primary breast IMT in a postmenopausal female patient treated successfully with breast conserving surgery and review the literature pertaining to this rare entity.

Published in Case Reports in Surgery

ISSN: 2090-6900 (Print); 2090-6919 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4629

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