Infected cardiac myxoma.
Infected cardiac myxomas are extremely rare with only forty cases described in the literature. We report a case of an infected cardiac myxoma that presented in a manner similar to bacterial endocarditis. Our case is the first to be diagnosed using previously defined criteria, and is unusual in that transesophageal echocardiography was required to make the diagnosis.
Gregory
Shawn A
SA
Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 275 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. sagregory@partners.org
O'Byrne
William T
WT
Fan
Pohoey
P
D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*