ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017
Pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor versus IgG4-related inflammatory pseudotumor: differential diagnosis based on a case series.
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- CT Signs and Differential Diagnosis of Peripheral Lung Cancer and Inflammatory Pseudotumor: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Pooled it
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- Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: a comprehensive narrative review of clinical and therapeutic insights.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2025Review
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- Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung involving the central nervous system in pediatric patients.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023Review
- Distinct clinicopathological features of pulmonary primary angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma: A report of four new cases and review of the literature.Thoracic cancer · 2021Review
- Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the central airways: treatment and molecular analysis.ERJ open research · 2021Review
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of 17 cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor at a University Hospital in China.Oncology letters · 2021Article
- Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Pancreas: A Case Report and Literature Review.Taehan Yongsang Uihakhoe chi · 2020Article
- Aggressive Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor without Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Gene Rearrangement in the Rectum with Liver Metastasis.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2020Article
- Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare endobronchial mass.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2020Article
- Imaging of Unusual Renal Tumors.Current urology reports · 2019Review
- Recurrent inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the lung: FDG PET/CT scan findings.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
- The Clinical and Radiological Characteristics of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Occurring at Unusual Sites.BioMed research international · 2018Article
- Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the thorax: Radiologic and clinicopathological correlation.The Indian journal of radiology & imagingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) has been considered as a synonym for inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) for a long time. Recent studies have indicated that IMT and IgG4-related IPT are distinct diseases. However, no consensus criteria have been recommended. Here we propose a set of criteria for the differential diagnosis.
methodsTwenty-six archived IMT and IgG4-related IPT samples were examined for histological characteristics and the expression of IgG, IgG4, SMA and ALK-1. Based on our proposed criteria, we reclassified the cases into either IMT or IgG4-related IPT group and compared the clinicopathological features, laboratory findings, overall survivals (OS) and disease-free survivals between groups to validate the effectiveness and dependability of the diagnostic criteria.
resultsThe average age of IgG4-related IPT group was higher than IMTs (48.82
conclusionsThe significant differences of clinicopathological characteristics between the IMTs and IgG4-related IPTs indicated that a combination of lymphocytes + plasma cells count, cytological atypia, IgG4 and ALK-1 staining will be helpful in differential diagnosis.
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