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All that attaches to atrial septum is not myxoma: deception is everywhere!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2021

Balaji Arvind Open the ORCID record for Balaji Arvind [Opens in a new window] ,
Saurabh Kumar Gupta Open the ORCID record for Saurabh Kumar Gupta [Opens in a new window]  and
Sudheer Arava
Balaji Arvind
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Saurabh Kumar Gupta*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Sudheer Arava
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Author for correspondence: Dr Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Additional Professor of Cardiology, Room No. 9, 8th floor, Department of Cardiology, Cardio-Thoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi 110029, India. Tel: +91-011-26594944; Fax: + 91-11-26588663. E-mail: drsaurabhmd@gmail.com
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Abstract

Preterm neonates – especially those with prolonged duration of intensive care stay – are prone to develop fungal endocarditis. Majority of these children have a stormy course, however, a few may be relatively asymptomatic. Occasionally these vegetations may be large and pedunculated, originating from the atrial septum, mimicking a cardiac myxoma on echocardiography.

Keywords

Cardiac massatrial myxomafungal endocarditis
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2021 , pp. 1680 - 1681
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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