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CASE REPORT article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Surgery
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1569750
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the ileocecal area complicated by intussusception: a case report in a child
Provisionally accepted- Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, China
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare mesenchymal tumor that can occur in multiple organs. This case report presented an unusual instance of ileocecal IMT in a child complicated by secondary intussusception. A 2-year-6-month-old male was admitted with abdominal pain and fever for 15 days, progressing to currant jelly stools for 2 days. Physical examination revealed a right abdominal mass, and emergency laparotomy confirmed ileocolic intussusception with a firm mass in the ileocecal region. Pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of IMT. IMT as a secondary cause in pediatric ileocecal intussusception is rare. when encountering an atypical intussusception with a suspect lead-point, IMT should be considered
Keywords: inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, Secondary intussusception, pediatric, Surgical Procedures, Misdiagnosis
Received: 01 Feb 2025; Accepted: 24 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 He, Luo, Wang and Bai. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Qiang Bai, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, China
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