Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2009 Dec;52(12):1005-1008. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.12.1005.

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Nasal Cavity

• Cho JG
• Choi CJ
• Jung JH
• Woo JS

• KMID: 2277118
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.12.1005

Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is an uncommon tumor composed of myofibroblasts and various types of inflammatory infiltrates that rarely undergoes malignant transformation. It commonly involves the lung, liver, mesentery but rarely affects the head and neck region. Although inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is generally considered a benign reactive inflammatory process, it may present clinically and radiologically as an invasive mass destructing the surrounding structures. Therefore, it should be considered as one of several differential diagnoses from malignant tumors. We present a case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor involving the nasal cavity, maxillary, ethmoid, and sphenoid sinus with a fatal outcome.

Keyword

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Nasal cavity; Steroids

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Head
Liver
Lung
Mesentery
Myofibroblasts
Nasal Cavity
Neck
Sphenoid Sinus
Steroids
Steroids