A Rare Case With Pulmonary and Cardiac Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor

Jiang, Yong; Sun, Jing Ping; Lu, Minjie; Sun, Yang; Wan, Linyuan; Zhao, Hong; Yu, Cheuk‐Man; Wang, Hao

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.115.014306

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“…Cardiac IMTs despite being a rare occurrence poses a serious risk of significant morbidity and sudden cardiac death, 4 with reports of extension into great vessels including the pulmonary artery. 5 The etiology of IMTs has been debated, and most common explanations include immunologic proliferation in genetically susceptible populations, altered response to infections such as HHV6, and fibroblastic proliferation. 2,6 The bacterial culture of the tumor grew C acnes , which could be a contaminant, being a common skin commensal.…”

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A Rare Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Mitral Valve With Systemic Embolism in a Child

Vijayakumar

Thattaliyath

Dundar

et al. 2021

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg

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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) represent mesenchymal tumors that occur in the lungs, abdomen, or pelvis. Cardiac IMTs are rare, usually right-sided, and when left-sided can cause sudden cardiac death by coronary occlusion. We report a child with symptoms of embolization to the right kidney and the femoral artery, and a mobile mass in the left atrium attached to the mitral valve. Upon surgical removal, histopathology revealed IMT. Our case illustrates a unique presentation of systemic thromboembolism.

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