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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2020; 30(03): 386-388
DOI: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_73_20
Case Report

The unforeseen orbital tumor

Srishti Singh
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Bagyam Raghavan
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Sivaramalingam Geethapriya
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Jayaraj Govindaraj
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
G Padmanabhan
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Murali Krishna
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Rasheed Arafath
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
V V Sathyasree
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare group of neoplasms showing a mixture of spindle-shaped myofibroblasts or fibroblasts and a variable amount of inflammatory cells (eosinophils, plasma cells, and lymphocytes). They are not usually included in the differential diagnosis of nodules and masses because of their rarity, therefore, remaining an underdiagnosed entity. We report one such rare case in a 3-year-old female.

Keywords

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor - myofibroblasts - rarity - underdiagnosed


Publication History

Received: 10 February 2020

Accepted: 21 June 2020

Article published online:
19 July 2021

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