Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the respiratory tract: Paediatric case series with varying clinical presentations

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 865-868

  Brodlie, M ^a,b   Barwick, S C ^a   Wood, K M ^c   McKean, M C ^a   Welch, A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchial Neoplasms; Bronchoscopy; Child; Tracheal Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METHOTREXATE; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; OSTEOARTHROPATHY, SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053054047     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215111000648     Document Type: Article

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