Extrauterine inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A case report

Christina L Kushnir; Melissa Gerardi; Natalie Banet; Ie-Ming Shih; Teresa Diaz-Montes

doi:10.1016/j.gynor.2013.07.007

Extrauterine inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A case report

Gynecol Oncol Case Rep. 2013 Jul 30:6:39-41. doi: 10.1016/j.gynor.2013.07.007. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Christina L Kushnir¹, Melissa Gerardi¹, Natalie Banet², Ie-Ming Shih³, Teresa Diaz-Montes¹

Affiliations

¹ The Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps 281, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
² Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Weinberg Building, Room 2242, 401 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 1550 Orleans Street, CRB-11, Room 305, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.

Abstract

•This is the first case report of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the literature to present with extrauterine disease.•A prompt work-up of symptoms may have precluded a tumor debulking procedure.

Keywords: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Tumor debulking; Uterine cancer.