title: [Changes in plasma interleukin 6 in a surgical case of left atrial myxoma].
abstract: It was recently described that the cardiac myxoma produced Interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a kind of cytokines, and the constitutional signs in patients with cardiac myxoma were due to the IL-6 production. We measured the values of plasma IL-6 concentration before and after surgical therapy. It was decreased from 7.2 pg/ml to less than 4.0 pg/ml two months after surgical removal of the myxoma. It is recommended that the measurement of IL-6 is useful for screening of cardiac myxoma and postoperative follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015850:Interleukin-6