A Case of Infected Left Atrial Myxoma With Concomitant Mitral Valve Endocarditis

被引:6
作者
Chang, Jae-Hee [1 ]
Kim, Jeong-Yeon [2 ]
Yoon, Jin-Won [1 ]
Seol, Myung-Do [1 ]
Won, Dong-Jun [1 ]
Cho, Wook-Hyun [1 ]
Lee, Jae-Jin [3 ]
Jo, Hye-Jae [4 ]
机构
[1] Samyook Med Ctr, Dept Internal Med, Div Cardiol, Seoul 130092, South Korea
[2] Samyook Med Ctr, Dept Internal Med, Div Infect, Seoul 130092, South Korea
[3] Samyook Med Ctr, Dept Cardiac Surg, Seoul 130092, South Korea
[4] Samyook Med Ctr, Dept Pathol, Seoul 130092, South Korea
关键词
Myxoma; Endocarditis;
D O I
10.4070/kcj.2011.41.10.618
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Myxoma is the most common primary tumor in the heart. Cardiac myxomas can present in various manners including embolization and fever, sometimes simulating endocarditis. However, they are rarely infected. We report here a case of an infected left atrial myxoma that seeded a normal mitral valve and atypically presented with multiple embolic events in the lower extremities along with multiple splenic and a cerebellar infarction.
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页码:618 / 621
页数:4
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