Hysteroscopic excision of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the uterus: a case report and brief review.

摘要

Dear Editor, Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) was first described in the lung and most commonly involves that organ, but it may occur in a wide range of organs including retroperitoneum, mesentery, extremities, head, neck and genitourinary system [1 ]. It is composed of myofibroblastic mesenchymal spindle cells admixed with an inflammatory infiltrate of plasma cells and lymphocytes [2]. Originally it was considered as a reactive or inflammatory lesion, but recent findings about the gene rearrangements of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene located in the chromosomal region 2p23 of this lesion confirmed its true neoplastic nature [3]. IMT of the uterus is rare; to the best of our knowledge only 11 cases have been recorded in the literature [4].