Frequency of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours at children hospital,Lahore

Objectives: to determine the frequency of imt in children and to correlate the histological diagnosis with the clinical features and provisional diagnosis. materials and methods: this was a retrospective analysis of all cases of imt received in the duration of approximately two years from apr 2010 till date at the histopathology department of children's hospital & institute of child health,lahore. data regarding age,size and tumor histology were collected from medical records. routine h/e staining was performed. results: a total of fifteen cases of imt were seen in this duration. the age range was between 3 to 13 years with slight preponderance in males and predominant involvement of git. conclusion: imt is a rare benign tumor seen in children. contrary to previous studies intra-abdominal imt is common in pediatric age group.