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Mesentric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor - A Case Report

ANITHA M MUTHUSAMI

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Abstract Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) have emerged from within the broad category of               inflammatory pseudotumors with distinctive clinical,                       pathological and molecular features. We report a case of IMT of the mesentry in an adult patient, the true incidence of which is not known.


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