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KMID : 0880420090100060635
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Korean Journal of Radiology
2009 Volume.10 No. 6 p.635 ~ p.640
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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor: a Possible Complication of Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Lee Su-Hyun
Kim Se-Hyung
Lee Jae-Young
Kim Su-Jin
Kim Min-A
Han Joon-Koo
Choi Byung-Ihn
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Abstract
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An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an uncommon, benign lesion characterized by the mesenchymal proliferation and infiltration of inflammatory cells composed primarily of lymphocytes and plasma cells. A percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective and safe therapeutic modality used for the management of liver malignancies. Here we report, for the first time, a case of IMT as a complication of RFA for hepatocellular carcinoma in a 61-year-old man with a Child’s class A hepatitis B-related liver cirrhosis. Gastrohepatic fistula formation was pathologically proven and associated with the RFA. Such a longstanding inflammation of the fistula might have been a possible cause of the development of IMT in this case.
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KEYWORD
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, Radiofrequency ablation, complication
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