Systemic embolism and septic shock complicated left atrial myxoma: case report

Case Rep Med. 2009:2009:306375. doi: 10.1155/2009/306375. Epub 2010 Feb 24.

Abstract

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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