Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor        WU Gang, CHEN Xu-chun. Department of Hepatobiliary, Faculty Working Office of General Surgery, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
Corresponding author: WU Gang, E-mail: WGZWL@hotmail.com
Abstract    Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (HIMT) is a relatively rare benign liver tumors characterized by chronic infiltration of inflammatory cells and areas of fibrosis. HIMTs are difficult to diagnose because of the absence of specific symptoms or of characteristic hematological or radiological findings. Reports of HIMTs have a growing trend with recent advances in imaging technology. But there are still some difficulties in the diagnosis. Most cases can be diagnosed only through pathology after operation.