J Korean Med Sci. 2002 Oct;17(5):699-703. English.
Published online Apr 23, 2009.
https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2002.17.5.699
Published online Apr 23, 2009.
https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2002.17.5.699
Copyright © 2002 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
Case Report
Fever of Unknown Origin as a Presentation of Gastric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in a Two-Year-Old Boy
Min Young Cho,
Youn Ki Min,
Nam Ryeol Kim,
Seong Jin Cho,
Han Kyeom Kim,
Kwang Chul Lee,
Sung Ock Suh
and Cheung Wung Whang
Abstract
Gastric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an extremely rare lesion with mimicking malignant features and accompanied with various clinical manifestations. Here we present a 2-yr-old boy who had a gastric IMT with a huge extragastric mass, which closely resembled a neuroblastoma on imaging studies. He experienced intermittent fever and poor appetite for 6 weeks. Fever remained up to 38degrees C even on the operation day. He underwent partial gastrectomy and distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy including the tumor. The preoperative fever disappeared and did not recur in the postoperative course.
Keywords
Fever of Unknown Origin; Inflammation; Stomach Neoplasms
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