Minireviews
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2023. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Clin Cases. Jul 16, 2023; 11(20): 4734-4739
Published online Jul 16, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i20.4734
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the distal common bile duct: Literature review with focus on pathological examination
Fleur Cordier, Anne Hoorens, Liesbeth Ferdinande, Jo Van Dorpe, David Creytens
Fleur Cordier, Anne Hoorens, Liesbeth Ferdinande, Jo Van Dorpe, David Creytens, Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Author contributions: Cordier F performed the writing of the paper and made the figures; Creytens D performed the study concept, design and review of the paper; Hoorens A, Ferdinande L and Van Dorpe J performed review of the paper; all authors read and approved the final paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors state that there are no conflicts of interests to disclose.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: David Creytens, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, UZ Ghent, Corneel Heymanslaan 10 B-9000 Ghent Belgium, Ghent 9000, Belgium. david.creytens@uzgent.be
Received: February 17, 2023
Peer-review started: February 17, 2023
First decision: May 18, 2023
Revised: May 31, 2023
Accepted: June 26, 2023
Article in press: June 26, 2023
Published online: July 16, 2023
Core Tip

Core Tip: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the intrapancreatic biliary tract is rare and often difficult to diagnose. In this manuscript, we give a recent update of the clinicopathological features of IMT with focus on the pathological and molecular characteristics.