title: Fungal infection masquerading as papillary muscle tumor.
abstract: Papillary muscle tumors are rare. Similarly, the evidence of fungal infection in myocardium is rare. We present a 40-year-old woman with papillary muscle growth with progressively increasing dyspnea. Histologic examination confirmed the presence of fungal infection as the reason for this mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. spande@sgpgi.ac.in
authors.forename: Shantanu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: Surendra K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Satyendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000473:pathology*