February 1, 2002The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Infected Cardiac Myxoma

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12-year-old Hispanic girl with infected atrial myxoma caused by viridans streptococcus presenting as fever…

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Case_report

Follow-up

9 months

Authors

JPJean M. Prince RLRanae L. LarsenCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center DJDonald JannerBoston Children's Hospital

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Supports feasibility of excision plus antibiotics for rare pediatric infected myxoma; leaves open optimal protocols and generalizability.

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Population

12-year-old Hispanic girl with infected atrial myxoma caused by viridans streptococcus presenting as fever of unknown origin (n=1).

Intervention

Surgical removal of the mass followed by 4 weeks of antibiotic therapy (vancomycin subsequently changed to ceftriaxone).

Outcome

Clinical recovery and absence of recurrent myxoma

Infected cardiac myxoma is a rare condition in pediatrics that can present as fever of unknown origin and be successfully treated with surgical excision and antibiotics.

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Prince et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9540f3bfa5337e2a0f33f3 https://doi.org/10.1097/00006454-200202000-00023

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