title: Right ventricular wall abscess in structurally normal heart after leg osteomyelitis: First case.
abstract: A 3-year-old girl presented with fever and acute dyspnea for 4 days. She had suffered an injury to the left lower leg 3 weeks earlier, with abscess formation. Magnetic resonance imaging showed osteomyelitis of the lower tibia. Echocardiography showed a mass in the right ventricular wall. She underwent concomitant heart surgery for removal of the right ventricular mass and limb arthrotomy. We believe this is a first reported case in which a ventricular wall abscess developed in a structurally normal heart following leg osteomyelitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sagar Hospital-DSI, Banshankari, Bangalore, India drtanveerahmad@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tanveer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sagar Hospital-DSI, Banshankari, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Ashwini Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pasarad
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sagar Hospital-DSI, Banshankari, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Kolkebaile Sadanand
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kishore
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Sagar Hospital-DSI, Banshankari, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Nandakumar Neralakere
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Maheshwarappa
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Abscess; Child; Heart ventricles; Osteomyelitis; Tibia