Massive pericardial effusion caused by “Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour” in a 3-month-old child

Tumours originating from cardiac tissues are rarely encountered during childhood, and fortunately most of these tumours are benign in nature. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour, which has unique clinical, pathological, and molecular characteristics, is a relatively new entity compared with previous...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Cardiology in the young 2013-10, Vol.23 (5), p.749-751
Main Authors: Doksöz, Önder, Mese, Timur, Diniz, Ayşegül Gulden
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brief Reports
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms - complications
Heart Neoplasms - immunology
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Humans
Infant
Inflammation
Male
Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue - complications
Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue - immunology
Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue - pathology
Pericardial Effusion - etiology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Tumours originating from cardiac tissues are rarely encountered during childhood, and fortunately most of these tumours are benign in nature. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour, which has unique clinical, pathological, and molecular characteristics, is a relatively new entity compared with previously mentioned tumoural processes originating from the heart. Most of the cardiac intima-media thickness patients are in the age group of 4 months to 17 years. This rarely seen tumoural process has not been subject of any specific research and the prognosis is not well known. Here we present the case of a 3-month-old child who was admitted to our outpatient clinic with massive pericardial effusion and who has shown excellent progress after surgical resection of over 1 year.
ISSN:1047-9511
1467-1107
DOI:10.1017/S1047951112001849