Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Presenting with Diabetes Insipidus in an Eight-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report

J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2015 Dec;7(4):340-3. doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.1961.

Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) develop as a non-neoplastic proliferation of myofibroblasts in a myxoid to collagenous stroma admixed with inflammatory cells. The symptoms depend on the specific location of the tumor, which can be anywhere, but is particularly in the respiratory system. Thus, patients with IMT can present with a variety of findings. A pediatric patient with IMT who presented with cough, breathlessness, polyuria-polydipsia, and convulsions is described in this report.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diabetes Insipidus / etiology*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / complications*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnosis
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Polydipsia / etiology
  • Polyuria / etiology
  • Seizures / etiology