Population
A 60-year-old woman presenting with a fever of unknown origin and infected cardiac myxoma
Design
Case report
Follow-up
Postoperative day 31
Authors
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Infected cardiac myxoma can cause fever of unknown origin with emboli; leaves open preoperative differentiation from noninfected cases.
Prompt diagnosis and treatment with complete tumor resection and targeted antibiotic therapy can lead to favorable outcomes in patients with infected cardiac myxoma.
Kuwauchi et al. (2023) studied this question.
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