Infected atrial myxoma: case report and literature review.
Myxoma is the most common type of cardiac tumour in all age groups. It may simulate infective endocarditis but is rarely infected. We describe one case of infected left atrial myxoma caused by Enterococcus faecalis. Combined therapy, consisting of surgical management and antimicrobial therapy, was used. Histological examination of the excised tumour revealed a typical myxoma with infiltrates of neutrophils. Few cases of infected atrial myxomas have been reported in the literature.
Leone
Sebastiano
S
Infectious Diseases Division, A.O.R.N. S.G. Moscati, Avellino, Italy.
dell'aquila
Giuseppina
G
Giglio
Sergio
S
Magliocca
Mario
M
Maio
Patrizia
P
Nigro
Francesco Saviero
FS
Pacifico
Piera
P
De Chiara
Giovani
G
Acone
Nicola
N
D000368:Aged; D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents