Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor directly invading the right first rib treated with oral steroids : a case report

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BACKGROUND: We present a case of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor cured with a short period of steroid administration, a treatment previously unreported for such cases.

CASE PRESENTATION: A 49-year-old man had a chief complaint of chest pain for more than 3 days. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a tumoral lesion suspected to have infiltrated into the right first rib and intercostal muscles, with changes in lung parenchymal density around the lesion. The maximal standardized uptake value on 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography was high (16.73), consistent with tumor presence. CT-guided biopsy revealed an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with no distant metastases. Surgery was indicated based on the disease course. However, he had received an oral steroid before the preoperative contrast-enhanced CT scan due to a history of bronchial asthma, and subsequent CT showed that the tumor shrank in size after administration; he has been recurrence-free for more than a year.

CONCLUSIONS: Surgery is still the first choice for inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors, as the disease can metastasize and relapse; however, this condition can also be cured with a short period of steroid therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC pulmonary medicine - 24(2024), 1 vom: 02. Feb., Seite 67

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Watanabe, Ryo [VerfasserIn]
Ano, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Kikuchi, Norihiro [VerfasserIn]
Saegusa, Michiko [VerfasserIn]
Shigemasa, Rie [VerfasserIn]
Kondo, Yuzuru [VerfasserIn]
Hizawa, Nobuyuki [VerfasserIn]

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0Z5B2CJX4D
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
Asthma
Case Reports
Corticosteroid
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Journal Article
Steroids

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Date Completed 05.02.2024

Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12890-024-02873-6

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NLM36797701X