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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the tonsil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Kunal Gangopadhyay ,
Zeyad Z. Mahasin ,
Hala Kfoury  and
M. Ashraf Ali
Kunal Gangopadhyay*
Affiliation:
Section of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Zeyad Z. Mahasin
Affiliation:
Section of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hala Kfoury
Affiliation:
Section of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
M. Ashraf Ali
Affiliation:
Section of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
*
Address for correspondence: Kunal Gangopadhyay, M.S., D.N.B., F.F.C.S., Section of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, M.B.C. # 40, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia. Fax: 966-1-442 7772.
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Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours are aetiologically enigmatic, nosologically confusing and biologically unpredictable lesions. The lungs are the organs of apparent predilection. These tumours have also been documented in a number of extrapulmonary sites including the head and neck. So far only two cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the tonsil have been reported in the English literature. We document another case, occurring in a 41-year-old man with history of cadaveric renal transplant nine years ago. A comprehensive review of the literature is also presented.

Keywords

TonsilGranuloma, plasma cell

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Type
Pathology in Focus
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 9 , September 1997 , pp. 880 - 882
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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