Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2010; 16(33): 4233-4236
Published online Sep 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i33.4233
Agressive inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the liver with underlying schistosomiasis: A case report
Vera Lucia Pannain, Juliana Vial Passos, Ariovaldo da Rocha Filho, Cristiane Villela-Nogueira, Adriana Caroli-Bottino
Vera Lucia Pannain, Juliana Vial Passos, Ariovaldo da Rocha Filho, Adriana Caroli-Bottino, Department of Pathology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cristiane Villela-Nogueira, Department of Internal Medicine, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Author contributions: Pannain VL carried out and reviewed the pathological diagnosis, designed and wrote the manuscript; Passos JV and Rocha Filho A reviewed the literature and reported the case; Villela-Nogueira C reviewed the manuscript; Caroli-Bottino A carried out and reviewed the pathological diagnosis.
Correspondence to: Vera Lucia Pannain, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 255, Rodolpho Paulo Rocco Av, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. verapannain@hotmail.com
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Received: May 14, 2010
Revised: June 4, 2010
Accepted: June 11, 2010
Published online: September 7, 2010
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