Unusual intracardiac tumor in a child: <i>Inflammatory pseudotumor or “granulomatous” variant of myxoma?</i>

González-Crussí, F.; Vanderbilt, Burton L.; Miller, Jon K.

doi:10.1002/cncr.2820360639

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“…When it does, however, it is potentially fatal and may result in sudden death [6,7]. Although the cardiac involvement of IMT was first reported in 1975 [8], sudden death associated with cardiac IMT has rarely been reported in the medical literature. We present a case in which clinically unrecognized IMT involved the left coronary cusp of the aortic valve, thereby causing obstruction of the coronary arteries and resulting in sudden cardiac death.…”

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Sudden unexpected death due to inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the heart: a case report and review of the literature

Burke

et al. 2010

Int J Legal Med

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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) or inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare primary cardiac tumor that may result in sudden death. We report a sudden unexpected death due to occlusion of the coronary arteries by IMT arising from the left coronary cusp of the aortic valve. An 8-year-old child suddenly woke up from his sleep with complaint of severe chest pain to his parents, and shortly he became unresponsive. He expired 40 min later in the hospital despite resuscitation efforts. The postmortem examination revealed a 2.5 × 2 × 1-cm mass composed of multiple entangled slender cylindrical fronts, filling the coronary sinus and obstructing the coronary ostia. The patient had complained of recurrent chest pains about 2 weeks prior to his death. Echocardiogram was conducted on the patient but did not recognize the mass. Histological examination of the mass established the diagnosis of primary cardiac IMT. The detailed pathological findings are described. In addition, the literature is reviewed, and pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and the importance of forensic autopsy examination are discussed.

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Sudden unexpected death due to inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the heart: a case report and review of the literature

Burke

et al. 2010

Int J Legal Med

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“…Cardiac localization, though, is much more exceptional with to our knowledge only 14 cases published since the initial description made by Gonzalez-Crussi [3] in 1975.…”

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Myofibroblastic tumor of the right ventricle causing bilateral pulmonary embolism in a 31 year-old woman

Rekik

Hentati

Boudawara

et al. 2009

International Journal of Cardiology

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“…As the very first description of a cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic pseudotumor (IMT) in 1975, only a handful of isolated case reports have been published . IMTs are also referred to as “inflammatory pseudotumors.” By definition, IMT is a quasi or pseudo‐neoplastic lesion consisting of a mixture of inflammatory mononuclear cells and myofibroblastic spindle cells.…”

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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Cardiac Pseudotumors: Echocardiographic Evaluation and Review of the Literature

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Echocardiography is the most common imaging modality for the assessment of cardiovascular tumors, followed by more advanced imaging modalities, such as cardiac computed tomography or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Non-neoplastic lesions that may simulate a true neoplasm on imaging are termed "cardiac pseudotumors." As echocardiography is the initial imaging modality where pseudotumors are identified, it is imperative to have a fundamental understanding of pseudotumors evaluation using echocardiography. There is paucity of the literature describing the different kinds of pseudotumors. This review is an attempt to describe common cardiac pseudotumors and to classify them based on their origin. The tumors arising from cardiac structures, such as epicardium, endocardium, or myocardium, were termed as "intrinsic" while the pseudotumors with no cardiac origin were termed as "extrinsic." The more common pseudotumors are described in detail with pertinent echocardiographic features and examples.

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Unusual intracardiac tumor in a child: Inflammatory pseudotumor or “granulomatous” variant of myxoma?

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Sudden unexpected death due to inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the heart: a case report and review of the literature

Sudden unexpected death due to inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the heart: a case report and review of the literature

Myofibroblastic tumor of the right ventricle causing bilateral pulmonary embolism in a 31 year-old woman

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Cardiac Pseudotumors: Echocardiographic Evaluation and Review of the Literature

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