Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with valvular involvement: a case report and review of the literature

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 359-364

  Butany, Jagdish ^a,b   Dixit, Vidya ^a,c   Leong, Shaun W ^a   Daniel, Lorretta B ^a   Mezody, Mellita ^a   David, Tirone E ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac neoplasm; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT); Inflammatory pseudotumor (IP)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANCOCK VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MITRAL VALVE; MYOFIBROMA; PLASMA CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36049030010     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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