Key result
Surgical resection of a left atrial myxoma resolves fever of unknown origin.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights that cardiac myxoma can present with systemic symptoms such as fever of unknown origin and elevated inflammatory markers.
Cardiac myxoma warrants consideration in fever of unknown origin; single case leaves open prospective validation.
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Hartmanová et al. (2024) conducted a case report in Cardiac myxoma presenting as fever of unknown origin (n=1). Surgical resection was evaluated on Successful surgical resection and histological confirmation. Surgical resection of a left atrial tumor in a 46-year-old man with fever of unknown origin successfully treated the condition, with histology confirming a cardiac myxoma.
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