Papillary Muscle Rupture Complicating a Papillary Muscle Abscess.
10.4070/kcj.2006.36.3.242
- Author:
Yong Hwan AHN
1
;
Nam Ho KIM
;
Mi Jin SONG
;
Eun Mi PARK
;
Yun Kyung KIM
;
Kyung Ho YUN
;
Nam Jin YOO
;
Sung Hee SHIN
;
Eun Mi LEE
;
Seok Kyu OH
;
Jin Won JEONG
;
Jong Bum CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. cardionh@wonkwang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mitral valve insufficiency;
Papillary muscles;
Streptococcus pyogenes
- MeSH:
Abscess*;
Aged;
Humans;
Mitral Valve Insufficiency;
Myocardial Infarction;
Papillary Muscles*;
Rupture*;
Rupture, Spontaneous;
Sepsis;
Streptococcus pyogenes
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2006;36(3):242-244
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Spontaneous rupture of a papillary muscle from a papillary abscess is extremely rare. Most cases of papillary muscle ruptures are due to myocardial infarction or trauma. We describe the clinical course of a 68-year-old man who died from a papillary muscle rupture as a complication of a papillary muscle abscess due to Streptococcal pyogenes septicemia.
