title: Intracardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a unique presentation.
abstract: Cardiac tumors are detected rarely in childhood. These are most frequently found in infancy, and most are rhabdomyomas. We describe a unique occurrence of a rarely described intracardiac tumor in an asymptomatic 7-year-old child.
authors.affiliation: Nemours Cardiac Center, A I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA. kmurdiso@nemours.org
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Murdison
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Septimus
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Garola
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pizarro
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome