Journal of Korean Medical Science  2002;17(5):699-703

doi:10.3346/jkms.2002.17.5.699

Fever of Unknown Origin as a Presentation of Gastric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in a Two-Year-Old Boy.

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

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Keywords

Fever of Unknown Origin; Inflammation; Stomach Neoplasms

Country

Republic 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.