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Infected Cardiac Myxoma
Author(s) -
Nagata Tomoki,
Totsugawa Toshinori,
Katayama Keijiro,
Kuinose Masahiko,
Yoshitaka Hidenori,
Uesugi Tadahisa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12184
Subject(s) - medicine , myxoma , cardiac tumors , resection , embolization , left atrium , arterial embolization , right atrium , myxoma virus , surgery , cardiology , radiology , immunology , atrial fibrillation , virus
A 66‐year‐old male presenting with low‐grade fever and general fatigue was diagnosed as having infected myxoma of the left atrium. Blood cultures grew Streptococcus mitis . He underwent urgent resection and histological examination revealed tumor cells in a mucopolysaccharide matrix and bacterial colonies along with active inflammation. Infected cardiac myxoma is extremely rare; however, it contains a potential risk of arterial embolization and so early diagnosis and urgent surgery should be considered. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12184 (J Card Surg 2013;28:682–684)