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Fig. 2 | Insights into Imaging

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From: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours: a pictorial review

Fig. 2

PATHOLOGY: IMT of the left orbit. a, b Axial and coronal MR reformations of the same patient on T2-weighted sequences showed a well-delimited, hyperintense intraorbital mass, in the intraconal compartment, in the medial aspect. c, d T1-weighted images demonstrated a hypointense, homogeneous, well-delimited mass with peripheral enhancement after gadolinium injection. e Surgical sample obtained after resection. f Microscopic sample obtained after surgery demonstrated an epithelial tumour composed of fusiform cells mixed with an extensive chronic inflammatory infiltrate of plasmatic cells, lymphocytes and macrophages. In the peripheral of the sample striated muscle cells were also observed

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