Infected Cardiac Myxoma | Zendy

Nagata Tomoki | Zendy; Totsugawa Toshinori | Zendy; Katayama Keijiro | Zendy; Kuinose Masahiko | Zendy; Yoshitaka Hidenori | Zendy; Uesugi Tadahisa | Zendy

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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)

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