title: Infected left atrial myxoma with mitral valve endocarditis.
abstract: We report a rare case of infected left atrial myxoma associated with mitral valve endocarditis. The tumor and a small amount of vegetative growth on the anterior mitral leaflet were surgically excised. Subsequent antibiotic therapy may have prevented the infection from recurring. Histological findings showed myxoma cells embedded in mucinous stroma at the tumor base and an organized thrombus with bacterial colonization at the tumor tip.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, 1-847 Amanuma, Saitama, 330-0834, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahito
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications*