Fever of Unknown Origin as a Presentation of Gastric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in a Two-Year-Old Boy.
10.3346/jkms.2002.17.5.699
- Author:
Min Young CHO
1
;
Youn Ki MIN
;
Nam Ryeol KIM
;
Seong Jin CHO
;
Han Kyeom KIM
;
Kwang Chul LEE
;
Sung Ock SUH
;
Cheung Wung WHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine Korea University, Seoul, Korea. minyoung@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Review
- Keywords:
Fever of Unknown Origin;
Inflammation;
Stomach Neoplasms
- MeSH:
Child, Preschool;
Fever of Unknown Origin/*etiology;
Granuloma, Plasma Cell/*complications/*diagnosis/surgery;
Humans;
Male;
Stomach Diseases/*complications/*diagnosis/surgery
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2002;17(5):699-703
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Gastric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an extremely rare lesion with mimicking malignant features and accompanied with various clinical manifestations. Here we present a 2-yr-old boy who had a gastric IMT with a huge extragastric mass, which closely resembled a neuroblastoma on imaging studies. He experienced intermittent fever and poor appetite for 6 weeks. Fever remained up to 38degrees C even on the operation day. He underwent partial gastrectomy and distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy including the tumor. The preoperative fever disappeared and did not recur in the postoperative course.
