Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A rare entity with a complex diagnosis

Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a neoplasm with uncertain behavior. We describe a case in a 66-year-old female who underwent resection of a left atrial tumor suspected to be a cardiac myxoma which was subsequently diagnosed as an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. After three years' follow-up the patient underwent a second operation to remove tumoral occurrence in the right atrium, diagnosed as an intimal sarcoma. It cannot be confirmed whether the tumoral recurrence with a different diagnosis (intimal sarcoma) was a progression from the primary tumor or the metachronous appearance of a spontaneous sarcoma.

Keywords: Diagnóstico diferencial; Differential diagnosis; Heart neoplasms; Neoplasias do coração; Neoplastic recurrence; Recorrência neoplásica.