Myxoma of mitral valve associated with infective endocarditis

A 20-year-old man was hospitalized for persistent fever, embolism, and syncopal attack. Echocardiography demonstrated a tumor on the mitral posterior leaflet. It was removed under extracorporeal circulation following extirpation of thrombus in the right common like artery. The tumor consisted of myx...

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Published in:General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 1999-06, Vol.47 (6), p.285-287
Main Authors: Toda, R, Moriyama, Y, Shiota, K, Toyohira, H, Taira, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Endocarditis, Bacterial - complications
Heart Neoplasms - etiology
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve
Myxoma - etiology
Myxoma - surgery
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Summary:A 20-year-old man was hospitalized for persistent fever, embolism, and syncopal attack. Echocardiography demonstrated a tumor on the mitral posterior leaflet. It was removed under extracorporeal circulation following extirpation of thrombus in the right common like artery. The tumor consisted of myxoma and vegetation with bacterial colony. Myxoma and/or vegetation had destroyed the mitral posterior leaflet. Accordingly, it was necessary to perform mitral valve replacement. The postoperative course was uneventful. This is the 14th surgical case of mitral valve myxoma, and the first case of that associated with infective endocarditis.
ISSN:1344-4964
1863-6705
1863-2092
1863-6713
DOI:10.1007/BF03218012