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January 1, 1998Cardiology in the Young

Unusual presentation during childhood of left ventricular myxoma

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Key result

A child with a rare left ventricular myxoma presented unusually with a prolonged febrile illness rather than typical systemic embolization or syncopal episodes.

Population

1 child with left ventricular myxoma presenting with a prolonged febrile illness

Design

Case_report

Authors

AKAditya KapoorSRS. RadhakrishnanNSNakul Sinha

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Overview

Prolonged fever warrants considering rare LV myxoma in children; extends presentation spectrum but leaves generalizability open.

Study Design

Type

Case Report (n=1)

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Population
A child with a rare left ventricular myxoma presenting with a prolonged febrile illness.

Highlights that left ventricular myxomas, though rare, can present atypically with constitutional symptoms like prolonged fever in children.

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Kapoor et al. (1998) conducted a case report in Left ventricular myxoma (n=1). Left ventricular myxoma was evaluated on Clinical presentation. A child with a rare left ventricular myxoma presented unusually with a prolonged febrile illness rather than typical systemic embolization or syncopal episodes.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9e44ea7922aa3c04d6f7bbhttps://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951100004777
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