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MR Findings of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Thigh: A Case Report  

Bang, Min-Seo (Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
Kang, Byeong-Seong (Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
Suh, Jae-Hee (Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
Jung, Kwang-Hwan (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
Hwang, Jae-Cheol (Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
Shin, Shang-Hun (Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
Kwon, Woon-Jung (Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
Weon, Young-Cheol (Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.62, no.6, 2010 , pp. 575-578 More about this Journal
Abstract
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare benign condition of an unknown etiology and it may be clinically misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor. We examined a 28-year-old male with a slowly-growing mass in his left thigh. The MR images showed a relatively well-defined, intermuscular mass lesion with heterogeneous enhancement. The histopathologic examination of the resected specimen revealed inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. We report here on the MR findings of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the thigh in this patient.
Keywords
Granuloma, Plasma Cell; Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
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