A Case of Infected Left Atrial Myxoma With Concomitant Mitral Valve Endocarditis.
10.4070/kcj.2011.41.10.618
- Author:
Jae Hee CHANG
1
;
Jeong Yeon KIM
;
Jin Won YOON
;
Myung Do SEOL
;
Dong Jun WON
;
Wook Hyun CHO
;
Jae Jin LEE
;
Hye Jae JO
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samyook Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. mulgang@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Myxoma;
Endocarditis
- MeSH:
Endocarditis;
Fever;
Heart;
Infarction;
Lower Extremity;
Mitral Valve;
Myxoma;
Seeds
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2011;41(10):618-621
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
