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  • Title: Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors: Current Update.
    Author: Surabhi VR, Chua S, Patel RP, Takahashi N, Lalwani N, Prasad SR.
    Journal: Radiol Clin North Am; 2016 May; 54(3):553-63. PubMed ID: 27153788.
    Abstract:
    Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a mesenchymal neoplasm of intermediate biological potential with a predilection for the lung and abdominopelvic region. IMT represents the neoplastic subset of the family of inflammatory pseudotumors, an umbrella term for spindle cell proliferations of uncertain histogenesis with a variable inflammatory component. IMTs show characteristic fasciitis-like, compact spindle cell and hypocellular fibrous histologic patterns and distinctive molecular features. Imaging findings reflect pathologic features and vary from an ill-defined, infiltrating lesion to a wellcircumscribed, soft tissue mass owing to variable inflammatory, stromal, and myofibroblastic components.
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