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Laryngeal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT): a case report and review of the literature

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 2016
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Title
Laryngeal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT): a case report and review of the literature
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13256-016-0967-7
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Sok Yan Tay, Abhilash Balakrishnan

Abstract

This case report is interesting as cases of children with laryngeal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor are not common and previously had been presented as isolated case reports. This is the first case report in Asia describing a laryngeal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor and its removal using an endoscopic approach. Our patient is a 12-year-old Malay girl from Singapore who presented with hoarseness without respiratory distress. The initial impression was that of a granuloma or a papilloma. We did a biopsy, which confirmed the histology to be inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, and a magnetic resonance imaging scan showed a contrast-enhanced lesion. The lesion was excised completely using an endoscopic approach. The child was discharged well on the first postoperative day and she has been on follow-up for a year in the clinic. This report highlights the importance of understanding the differential diagnosis for a child with hoarseness. It is not uncommon for a pediatrician, a general practitioner, and a pediatric otolaryngologist to see a child presenting with hoarseness. In most cases, the diagnosis made would be screamer's nodules, which is commonly seen in children. In a small group, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis form the diagnosis. Over the past few years, the cases of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis have decreased significantly. Laryngeal tumors are not common in children. However, we must maintain a high index of suspicion when we have a child with hoarseness who does not improve with speech therapy and watchful waiting. In such situations, a stroboscope is usually necessary to diagnose the voice problems and to rule out pathological conditions such as laryngeal tumors. If left untreated, the lesion can grow with time and result in a life-threatening airway condition. We also demonstrate our endoscopic technique in this report, and it has proven to be safe with no increased recurrence and much lower morbidity.

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Unknown 35 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 12 34%
Other 4 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 11%
Researcher 3 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 6 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 49%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 6%
Psychology 1 3%
Unknown 9 26%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 September 2022.
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#14,214,218
of 23,243,271 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#1,040
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#197,486
of 354,049 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#15
of 69 outputs
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