TY - JOUR AU - Arsalane, Adil AU - Fenane, Hicham AU - Azami, Amine AU - Mzouri, Simohamed AU - Zidane, Abdelfetah PY - 2019/03/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Rare Tumor of the Mediastinum: Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor JF - Integrative Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Integr J Med Sci VL - 6 IS - SE - CASE REPORTS DO - 10.15342/ijms.v6ir.252 UR - https://mbmj.org/index.php/ijms/article/view/102 SP - AB - <table class="data" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td class="value"><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) arising in the mediastinum is rare. Their etiology remains unknown and their diagnosis is often overlooked before the use of surgery which allows the proper diagnosis and adequate treatment.<br /><strong>Case report:</strong> We report a case of the 56-year-old woman that had a mediastinal mass discovered after a long complaint of chest discomfort. Chest contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed a heterogeneously enhanced mass in the middle mediastinum The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology and immunohistochemical study after surgical resection through a thoracotomy   The patient was well and had no recurrence 6 months after surgery.<br /><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The diagnosis of IMT should be kept in mind and included in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> ER -