Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of epididymis: a case report and review of literature | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of epididymis a case report and review of literature Pankaj P Dangle 1 Wenle Paul Wang2 and Kamal S Pohar3 Address rrhe James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Ohio State University and Comprehensive Cancer Center Columbus Ohio 43210 USA 2Department of Pathology The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 43210 USA and 3Department of Urology The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Ohio State University and Comprehensive Cancer Center Columbus Ohio 43210 USA Email PankajP Dangle - Wenle Paul Wang - Kamal S Pohar - Corresponding author Published II November 2008 Received II July 2008 _ . ._. i n i .-inno I IO IIO Accepted 11 November 2008 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008 6 119 doi 186 1477-7819-6-119 This article is available from http content 6 1 119 2008 Dangle et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Epididymal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor also known by various other synonyms is a rare benign disease. Only eight cases have been reported to date. The most common presentation is a scrotal mass of variable duration. For a scrotal mass it is difficult to distinguish a benign or malignant etiology in addition to the origin whether from testis or epididymis. As a result the definitive diagnosis can only be established by surgical exploration. Case presentation We report the ninth case of epididymal IMT who based on clinical and radiological findings underwent radical orchidectomy with the histology suggestive of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. At 4 years .
