Successful treatment based on molecular biological assessment of invasive anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung

Successful treatment based on molecular biological assessment of invasive anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung

Abstract Background Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the lung is rare. This disease often shows neoplastic features with anaplastic lymphoma kinase positiveness as well as inflammatory features, such as steroid-responsive immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related sclerosing disease. Since many cas...

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Main Authors: Hironosuke Watanabe, Naoya Yamasaki, Takuro Miyazaki, Keitaro Matsumoto, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Kuniko Abe, Takeshi Nagayasu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
Immune globulin G 4-related sclerosing disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0674-x

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