Cardiac inflammatory pseudotumor: Rapid appearance in an infant with congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 399-401

  Jenkins, P C ^a   Dickison, A E ^a   Flanagan, M F ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac mass; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; PSEUDOTUMOR; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; THROMBUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029822813     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002469900088     Document Type: Article

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