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==Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour==
==Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour==
*[[AKA]] inflammatory pseudotumour, AKA inflammatory fibrosarcoma,<ref name=Ref_WMSP610>{{Ref WMSP|610}}</ref> AKA plasma cell granuloma.<ref>URL: [http://www.uptodate.com/contents/inflammatory-myofibroblastic-tumor-plasma-cell-granuloma-of-the-lung http://www.uptodate.com/contents/inflammatory-myofibroblastic-tumor-plasma-cell-granuloma-of-the-lung]. Accessed on: 27 November 2011.</ref><ref name=pmid21772725>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Manohar | first1 = B. | last2 = Bhuvaneshwari | first2 = S. | title = Plasma cell granuloma of gingiva. | journal = J Indian Soc Periodontol | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 64-6 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.4103/0972-124X.82275 | PMID = 21772725 }}</ref>
*[[AKA]] inflammatory pseudotumour, AKA inflammatory fibrosarcoma,<ref name=Ref_WMSP610>{{Ref WMSP|610}}</ref> AKA plasma cell granuloma.<ref>URL: [http://www.uptodate.com/contents/inflammatory-myofibroblastic-tumor-plasma-cell-granuloma-of-the-lung http://www.uptodate.com/contents/inflammatory-myofibroblastic-tumor-plasma-cell-granuloma-of-the-lung]. Accessed on: 27 November 2011.</ref><ref name=pmid21772725>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Manohar | first1 = B. | last2 = Bhuvaneshwari | first2 = S. | title = Plasma cell granuloma of gingiva. | journal = J Indian Soc Periodontol | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 64-6 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.4103/0972-124X.82275 | PMID = 21772725 }}</ref>
===General===
{{Main|Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour}}
*Mostly benign.
*Children & young adults.
*Classically located in mesentery of ileocolic region or small bowel.<ref name=Ref_WMSP610>{{Ref WMSP|610}}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP610>{{Ref WMSP|610}}</ref>
*Inflammation:
**[[Plasma cells]] - predominant - '''key feature'''.<ref name=pmid21297584>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Saab | first1 = ST. | last2 = Hornick | first2 = JL. | last3 = Fletcher | first3 = CD. | last4 = Olson | first4 = SJ. | last5 = Coffin | first5 = CM. | title = IgG4 plasma cells in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: inflammatory marker or pathogenic link? | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | pages = 606-12 | month = Apr | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2010.226 | PMID = 21297584 }}</ref>
**Lymphocytes.
**Eosinophils.
*Spindle cells without atypia.
*+/-Fasciular architecture.
*Mitoses -- though none atypical.
*+/-Necrosis.
*+/-Hemorrhage.
*Calcifications.
 
DDx:
*[[Calcifying fibrous pseudotumour]] (has [[psammoma body|psammomatous calcifications]]).
*[[Inflammatory fibroid tumour]].
*[[Nodular fasciitis]].
 
Notes:
*Some consider this a wastebasket diagnosis... for benign appearing spindle cell lesions.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970283-2 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970283-2]. Accessed on: 10 May 2011.</ref>
 
===Images===
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inflammatory_myofibroblastic_tumour_-_high_mag.jpg IMT - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inflammatory_myofibroblastic_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg IMT - very high mag. (WC)].
 
===IHC===
Features - dependent on site:
*SMA +ve.<ref name=pmid20350216 >{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shi | first1 = H. | last2 = Li | first2 = Y. | last3 = Wei | first3 = L. | last4 = Sun | first4 = L. | title = Primary colorectal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of seven cases. | journal = Pathology | volume = 42 | issue = 3 | pages = 235-41 | month = Apr | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3109/00313021003631312 | PMID = 20350216 }}
</ref>
*Vimentin +ve.
 
Variable staining with:
*CD34, AE1/AE3, calretinin.<ref name=pmid20216379>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Miyamoto | first1 = H. | last2 = Montgomery | first2 = EA. | last3 = Epstein | first3 = JI. | title = Paratesticular fibrous pseudotumor: a morphologic and immunohistochemical study of 13 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 4 | pages = 569-74 | month = Apr | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181d438cb | PMID = 20216379 }}</ref><ref name=pmid20350216>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shi | first1 = H. | last2 = Li | first2 = Y. | last3 = Wei | first3 = L. | last4 = Sun | first4 = L. | title = Primary colorectal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of seven cases. | journal = Pathology | volume = 42 | issue = 3 | pages = 235-41 | month = Apr | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3109/00313021003631312 | PMID = 20350216 }}</ref>
 
Negative:<ref name=pmid20350216/>
*S100, CD117, CD68.
 
Others:
*ALK-1 +ve. ???
 
===Molecular===
*ALK rearrangements.<ref name=pmid21297584/>


==Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma==
==Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma==
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