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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:601-603
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumorinvading the left atrium

Marius Berman, MDa*, Georgios P. Georghiou, MDa, Tommy Schonfeld, MDb, Meora Feinmesser, MDc, Gadi Horev, MDd, Bernardo A. Vidne, MDa, Milton Saute, MDa

a DEPARTMENT OF Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv, Israel
c DEPARTMENT OF Pathology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv, Israel
b DEPARTMENT OF Intensive Care, Schneider Childrens Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
d DEPARTMENT OF Roentgenology, Schneider Childrens Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Accepted for publication November 27, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Berman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, 49100 Israel
e-mail: mariusb{at}clalit.org.il

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare solid tumor that most often affects children and young adults. Although benign, the tumor may be very aggressive locally. We describe a 9-year-old boy with primary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the left upper lobe involving the left atrium.




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