Systemic Embolism and Septic Shock Complicated Left Atrial Myxoma: Case Report

Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The rarity of infected cardiac myxomas leads to numerous diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. We present a case of infected left atrial myxoma caused by methicillin-sensible Staphylococcus aureus in a 48-year-old woman complicated by systemic...

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Autores principales: Trimeche, B., Bouraoui, H., Garbaa, R., Mahdhaoui, A., Ben Rhomdane, M., Ernez-Hajri, S., Jeridi, G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2829621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/306375
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Sumario:Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The rarity of infected cardiac myxomas leads to numerous diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. We present a case of infected left atrial myxoma caused by methicillin-sensible Staphylococcus aureus in a 48-year-old woman complicated by systemic embolism and septic shock.

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