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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2012

Önder Doksöz ,
Timur Mese  and
Ayşegül Gulden Diniz
Önder Doksöz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Izmir Dr Behcet Uz Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Timur Mese*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Izmir Dr Behcet Uz Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Ayşegül Gulden Diniz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Izmir Dr Behcet Uz Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: T. Mese, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Izmir Dr Behcet Uz Children Hospital, 1417 Street Alsancak, Izmir 35210, Turkey. Tel: +90 23 2489 5656; Fax: +90 23 2489 2315; E-mail: timurmese@yahoo.com
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Cardiac tumoursinflammatory myofibroblastic tumourpericardial effusion
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 749 - 751
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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