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ArticleTurkish journal of surgery2020

Pancreatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor presenting with extracolonic obstruction.

Nidal İflazoğlu, Serpil Kaplan Kozan, Tuğba Biri, Serkan Ünlü, Hasan Gökçe, Serhat Doğan, Oruç Numan Gökçe

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Article in Turkish journal of surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nidal İflazoğluDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey.
Serpil Kaplan KozanDepartment of Pathology, Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey.
Tuğba BiriDepartment of Pathology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
Serkan ÜnlüDepartment of Radiology, Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey.
Hasan GökçeDepartment of Pathology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
Serhat DoğanDepartment of General Surgery, Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey.
Oruç Numan GökçeDepartment of General Surgery, Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Malatya Devlet Hastanesi · TRInonu University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare soft tissue tumor which can be detected in many parts of the body. Its etiology and clinical behavior are not fully understood, and its treatment is controversial. This study aimed to present the management of a pancreatic tail case presenting with extracolonic obstruction findings. Unblock distal pancreatectomy + left surrenalectomy + left hemicolectomy + splenectomy operation was made with R0 resection principles. Although there are some medical treatments reported in children and unresectable tumors in the medical literature, complete surgical resection following oncological principles seems to be the most important and main treatment modality in the treatment of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors. However, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor has many aspects that are not yet clearly understood, and it is a disease being continuously researched.

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PMID33015570
PMCPMC7515645
OpenAlexW3034666896

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