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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1531-1535
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Multiple Cardiac Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors in the Right Ventricle in an Infant

Jin-Tao Tian, MDa, Lik-Cheung Cheng, FRCS(Edin), FCSHKa,*, Tak-Cheung Yung, FRCP(Edin), FHKAM(Paed)b

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
b Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit and Cardiac Pediatric Unit, Grantham Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Accepted for publication February 14, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Lik-Cheung Cheng, Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Grantham Hospital, 125 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China. (Email: lccheng{at}graduate.hku.hk).

Reported is the successful treatment of a 2-month-old boy with multiple inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors in the right ventricle protruding into the right atrium through the tricuspid annulus. The patient underwent subtotal excision on cardiopulmonary bypass with no intraoperative or postoperative complications. Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are rare lesions, and surgical resections in patients as young as 2 months have not been previously described. In this report we review the relevant literature and discuss the prevalence, histology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment of cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.




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