Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?

Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is currently considered to be a low-grade neoplasm, and it rarely involves the heart. We reported a rare case of a 59-year-old female who received cardiac surgery for complete resection of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in t...

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Main Authors: Yang Xuedong, Xiao Cangsong, Liu Mei, Wang Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Heart
Surgery
Prognosis
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/34
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spelling doaj-0aeb154ac169463694b56071d5d7fea22020-11-25T01:37:17ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902012-05-01714410.1186/1749-8090-7-44Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?Yang XuedongXiao CangsongLiu MeiWang Yu<p>Abstract</p> <p>Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is currently considered to be a low-grade neoplasm, and it rarely involves the heart. We reported a rare case of a 59-year-old female who received cardiac surgery for complete resection of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the left atrium. Five months after surgery, the patient presented with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema and subsequent sudden death due to a left atrial tumor which protruded into the left ventricle through mitral annulus during diastole. The recurrence of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the left atrium was strongly suggested clinically.</p> http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/34Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumorHeartSurgeryPrognosis
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author Yang Xuedong
Xiao Cangsong
Liu Mei
Wang Yu
spellingShingle Yang Xuedong
Xiao Cangsong
Liu Mei
Wang Yu
Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Heart
Surgery
Prognosis
author_facet Yang Xuedong
Xiao Cangsong
Liu Mei
Wang Yu
author_sort Yang Xuedong
title Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?
title_short Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?
title_full Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?
title_fullStr Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?
title_sort cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: does it recur after complete surgical resection in an adult?
publisher BMC
series Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
issn 1749-8090
publishDate 2012-05-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is currently considered to be a low-grade neoplasm, and it rarely involves the heart. We reported a rare case of a 59-year-old female who received cardiac surgery for complete resection of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the left atrium. Five months after surgery, the patient presented with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema and subsequent sudden death due to a left atrial tumor which protruded into the left ventricle through mitral annulus during diastole. The recurrence of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the left atrium was strongly suggested clinically.</p>
topic Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Heart
Surgery
Prognosis
url http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/34
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