Inflammatory myofibroblastic liver tumor

Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors) IMT in the clinical practice of an oncologist are very rare diagnostic findings. Currently, the bulk of scientific publications about IMT are devoted to reviews of clinical cases. If initially IMT were considered as pseudo-tumors, now they are classified as intermediate fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumors according to the WHO histological classification. Management of patients with hepatic IMT are debatable today. Hepatic IMT are mostly benign lesions and characterized by spontaneous regression without any treatment. However, sometimes therapeutic and surgical treatment of these lesions is necessary. Many authors recommend surgical treatment, as with conservative treatment, some patients develop relapses. This rare observation demonstrates our experience of liver resection for inflammatory myofibroblastic liver tumor in 76 year-old patient.

Keywords

• liver tumors
• liver surgery
• inflammatory tumors
• hepatobiliary surgery