Vol.102 No.3 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 102 No. 3 March 2009
Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in the Neck
Seigo Ueda, Ryuki Otaka, Akihiro Katayama,
Miki Takahara, Akihiro Katada, Nobuyuki Bandoh,
Tatsuya Hayashi and Yasuaki Harabuchi
(Asahikawa Medical College)
Yusuke Abe
(Sapporo Tokushukai Hospital)
We report a case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the neck. A 14-year-old male was brought to our department complaining of right cervical swelling and slight fever. CT and MRI showed a 21×20×10 mm mass and swelling of the surrounding lymph nodes in the posterior cervical space. A biopsy was performed. The tumor was histopathologically and immunohistochemically diagnosed as inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor and was treated with selective neck dissection. The patient is currently alive with no signs of recurrence.
Key words :inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, head and neck region, treatment