Pediatric renal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours: A case report

Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs) have been describedin lung, bladder, spleen, breast, pancreas, liver, colon, spermaticcord, prostate, peripheral nerves, orbit and kidney. Traditionallybelieved as having a reactive pathogenesis, IMTs are now viewedmore as a neoplasm. This report describes a case of a renal IMT ina 14-year-old girl with spina bifida associated neurogenic bladderand a history of recurrent urinary tract infections. This represents aunique case as pediatric renal IMTs are very rare in the literature.We discuss how this patient was managed and how she presented compared to other reported cases.