Inflammatory myoblastic tumor of the uterus and interleukin-6 - 28/08/11
Doi : 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00208-4
Yoichi Azuno, MD a, ⁎ 
, Ken Yaga, MD a, Yasuko Suehiro, MD b, Shigemi Ariyama, MD c, Atsunori Oga, MD d
, Ken Yaga, MD a, Yasuko Suehiro, MD b, Shigemi Ariyama, MD c, Atsunori Oga, MD d From the Departments of Internal Medicinea and Obstetrics and Gynecology,b Yamaguchi Rosai Hospital, the Department of Internal Medicine, Sanyo Cyuo Hospital,c and the Second Department of Pathology, Yamaguchi Universityd, Yamaguchi, Japan
Reprint requests: Yoichi Azuno, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi Rosai Hospital, 1315-4 Onoda, Onoda City, Yamaguchi 756-0095, Japan.Abstract |
We report a patient with inflammatory myoblastic tumor of the uterus with constitutional symptoms. Surgical excision was curative and brought a rapid normalization in the elevated serum level of interleukin-6. We revealed an overproduction of interleukin-6 by a detection of messenger RNA by use of reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry.
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