BACKGROUND Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor(HIMT)is a rare type of hepatic tumor.It is always misdiagnosed and mistreated because it is primarily found with no obvious specific manifestation,and its imaging ...BACKGROUND Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor(HIMT)is a rare type of hepatic tumor.It is always misdiagnosed and mistreated because it is primarily found with no obvious specific manifestation,and its imaging findings are diverse.CASE SUMMARY Here,we report a case of HIMT that was initially diagnosed as liver malignancy but was confirmed as HIMT by histopathology after hepatectomy.Mostly,HIMTs are infiltrated with plasma cells and stain positively for anaplastic lymphoma kinase on immunohistochemistry as well as for some other kinases.CONCLUSION HIMT can be treated with single nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and without surgery when it is diagnosed accurately.Because the etiology of HIMT is unknown and the diagnosis is difficult,the pathogenesis and clinical process need to be further studied.展开更多
基金Supported by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China,No.ZR2021MH033Postgraduates Foundation of Linyi People’s Hospital(Tong Meng).
文摘BACKGROUND Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor(HIMT)is a rare type of hepatic tumor.It is always misdiagnosed and mistreated because it is primarily found with no obvious specific manifestation,and its imaging findings are diverse.CASE SUMMARY Here,we report a case of HIMT that was initially diagnosed as liver malignancy but was confirmed as HIMT by histopathology after hepatectomy.Mostly,HIMTs are infiltrated with plasma cells and stain positively for anaplastic lymphoma kinase on immunohistochemistry as well as for some other kinases.CONCLUSION HIMT can be treated with single nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and without surgery when it is diagnosed accurately.Because the etiology of HIMT is unknown and the diagnosis is difficult,the pathogenesis and clinical process need to be further studied.
