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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the esophagus presenting with hematemesis and melaena: a case report and review of literature.

Umesh JayarajahRasika P BulathsinghalaDassanayake M Sumana HandagalaDharmabandhu Nandadeva Samarasekera
Published in: Clinical case reports (2017)
Esophageal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) are extremely rare, and the understanding on the clinical presentation is limited. IMT of esophagus should be considered as a differential diagnosis in the context of unexplained upper gastrointestinal bleeding and rapidly progressing dysphagia in young patients.
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