DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i08.012

Pages: 803-807

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) are a rare soft tissue and viscera neoplasm with unknown etiopathogeny. They were first described in the lung, with a wide range of synonyms. They can invade adjacent organs, recur after excision or give distant metastases. The debate persists about their inflammatory or tumor, benign or malignant nature. On the radioclinical funding, they can mimic a malignant neoplasm. The diagnosis is almost always made on the pathological examination. The treatment is poorly codified but the management is usually surgical. These tumors rarely affect the digestive truct. The only cases of gastrointestinal IMT in adults, at Hassan II university hospital in Fez during last 15 years, are those presented in this article