Renal Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor: A Case Report and Comprehensive Review of Literature

Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare benign tumor found in various organs with a sparse number of cases reported in the kidney. We report a case of IMT in a 48-year-old male who underwent laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for a 2.4 cm renal mass suspicious for renal cell carcinoma. Pathologic findings revealed spindle shaped cells in a myxoid background with lymphoid aggregates consistent with inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.




World J Oncol. 2011;2(2):85-88
doi: https://doi.org/10.4021/wjon287w