TABLE 4.
Clinical features of the reported cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the colon.
| References # | Age/ Gender |
Clinical presentation | Location | Treatment | Follow up/Recurrence |
| (49) | 7 years/female | Abdominal pain for 2 months, described by fluctuating in severity. And abdominal distension with hyperactive bowel sounds. | Cecum, with extension to the ascending colon, terminal ileum, ileal mesentery, and mesoappendix. | Surgical resection of the terminal ileum, cecum, and right hemi colon, followed by end-to-end anastomosis. | Follow-up after 2 years revealed no recurrence. |
| (50) | 68 years/male | Abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss. Tender mass in RUQ of abdomen. Anemia, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. |
2*3 cm Intraluminal mass inside the colon at hepatic flexure (involving the serosa layer of the colon). | Laparotomy right hemicolectomy followed by ileotransversostomy. | Follow-up after 3 years revealed no recurrence. |
| (51) | 9 years/female. | Lethargy, chest pain, and fever. anemia, elevated inflammatory markers. After 2 weeks of antibiotics for chest infection: fever, abdominal pain, chest pain, weight loss, and constipation. Abdominal mass in RLQ. |
13*10*6.5 cm mass in the serosal layer of the cecum, it involves the muscularis propria layer, but the mucosa layer is not involved. | Surgical right hemicolectomy. | ND. |
| (52) | 41 years/female | Abdominal pain and distension associated with vomiting, constipation and diarrhea of 3 months. | Terminal ileum. | Surgical resection and restoration of intestinal transit with termino-terminal ileocolic anastomosis. | Uneventful without complications. |
| (53) | 32 months/male | Pallor, loss of appetite and hypoactivity. | Mid transverse, descending and sigmoid colon. | Surgical resection with end-to-end anastomosis. | Uneventful without complications. |
| (54) | 35 years/male | Anal bleeding after defection for 2 weeks. | Descending colon. | Anterior resection and hand-seeing colocolic anastomosis. | Uneventful without complications. |
| (55) | 30 years/male | Abdominal pain and pyrosis for several weeks. | Below right lobe of the liver. | Partial resection of transverse colon followed by end-to-end anastomosis. | Uneventful without complications. |
| (56) | 30 years/female | Intermittent abdominal pain for 4 months. | Left colon. | Laparoscopic left hemicolectomy. | Uneventful without complications. |
| (57) | 56 years/male | 3 months of diffuse abdominal pain, bloody stools, altered bowel habits, loss of appetite and weight, fatigue and flatulence. | Ascending colon. | Right hemicolectomy. | Uneventful without complication, 2 months post-surgery. |