{"title":"ALK+ Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Tongue in a Neonate Treated With Crizotinib","authors":"Maraya M. Baumanis, P. Nicklaus, M. Gener","doi":"10.24983/scitemed.aohns.2020.00124","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The authors present a case of a neonate born with an enlarging tongue mass whose biopsy revealed IMT with ALK positivity. Treatment included tumor debulking and an ALK inhibitor, crizotinib, which resulted in complete remission.","PeriodicalId":272593,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Archives of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.24983/scitemed.aohns.2020.00124","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The authors present a case of a neonate born with an enlarging tongue mass whose biopsy revealed IMT with ALK positivity. Treatment included tumor debulking and an ALK inhibitor, crizotinib, which resulted in complete remission.