ArticleThe Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology2025
Left atrial fungal mass masquerading as myxoma: the importance of histopathological confirmation: a case report.
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backgroundInfective endocarditis (IE) remains a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. Fungal infective endocarditis is a rare form of endocarditis that occur in immunodeficient patients. Atrial myxoma are a common cause of cardiac tumors in the left atrium. However, infective endocarditis is a differential diagnosis of cardiac masses in general and atrial myxoma particularly. A 49-year-old male with subacute infective endocarditis presentation underwent an echocardiogram examination that showed a left atrial mass with features of atrial myxoma. However, the histological examination after surgical removal of the mass showed a fungal mass.
conclusionThis case shows that a fungal infective endocarditis may present with a cardiac mass sharing typical features with left atrial myxoma. It also shows the importance of histological examination for the final diagnosis and a prompt treatment.
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