Author/Authors :
Yıldırım, Aytül Belgi Akdeniz University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Er, Arzu Akdeniz University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Küçük, Murathan Akdeniz University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Özbilim, Gülay Akdeniz University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pathology, Turkey
Abstract :
Myxomas, as other primary cardiac tumors, occur rarely. The most common symptoms are typical of mitral stenosis or peripheral embolism. Cardiac myxomas may simulate infective endocarditis but are rarely actually infected. Infected myxoma leads to numerous diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. We report a case of an infected cardiac myxoma that presented in a manner similar to bacterial endocarditis.
