title: Infected left atrial myxoma with concomitant mitral valve endocarditis.
abstract: Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. They may simulate infective endocarditis but are rarely infected. Currently, 17 infected left atrial myxomas have been reported in the literature [1, 7, 8, 10, 11]. We present a patient with infected left atrial myxoma combined with mitral valve endocarditis, treated by excision of the myxoma and mitral valve reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jenni
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Turina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans