Misdiagnosis of Behçet's disease presented with intracardiac mass as inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.
Behçet's disease is a chronic multisystem inflammatory disorder. There are limited data about cardiac involvement, but it is seen rarely. Herein, we present a 33-year-old male patient with heart failure secondary to a right ventricular mass. It was first diagnosed as inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) histopathologically. During the postoperative follow-up, a thrombus was detected at the interatrial septum, and the patient was reevaluated. The diagnosis was possible Behçet's disease, and the mass, previously reported as IMT, was determined to be an organizing thrombus with a mixture of granulation tissue and thrombotic material.
Department of Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. halocan78@yahoo.com.
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Unal Aksu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Pınar
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Yazıcı
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Kürşat
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Oz
Department of Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
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Uslu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
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Erek
D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis*