title: An unexpected cause of respiratory distress and cyanosis: cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is an uncommon spindle cell tumor, occurring mainly in children and young adults. It is an extremely rare cardiac tumor especially patients under 1 year. Although it is benign, the tumor may be very aggressive locally. The diagnosis of this unusual pediatric cardiac tumor without pathologic specimens is difficult. We report a rare case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of the right ventricle in a 7-month-old girl presenting with respiratory distress and cyanosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Elkiran
authors.forename: Cemsit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karakurt
authors.forename: Nevzat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erdil
authors.forename: Olcay Murat
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Disli
authors.forename: Adile Ferda
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Dagli
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cyanosis; Infant; Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor; Respiratory Distress