Infected left atrial myxoma with <i>Streptococcus gordonii</i>: case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT: Cardiac myxoma is a relatively common type of benign heart tumor, but infectious myxoma is rare. The symptoms of non-infected cardiac myxoma and infected cardiac myxoma are similar and mostly nonspecific, which can easily lead to delayed diagnosis, missed diagnosis, and delayed treatment. A 57-year-old male patient presented with nonspecific systemic symptoms such as anorexia, fever, and cough, and was initially considered to have gastrointestinal disease or pulmonary infection. Preoperative bacterial culture was negative, and imaging features were consistent with cardiac myxoma. A small amount of vegetation was found attached to the surface of the tumor. Postoperative blood culture, surgical specimen culture, and postoperative blood metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) examinatio

SUBMITTER: Ruan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12568391 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature