Imitation of a chronic recurrent inflammatory illness by a cardiac myxoma

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 637-639

  Pfammatter, J P ^a   Iff, T ^a   Schupbach P ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; Childhood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MYXOMA; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030016373     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01957143     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Attum AA, Johnson GS, Masri Z, Girardet R, Lansing AM (1987) Malignant clinical behaviour of cardiac myxomas and "myxoid imitators". Ann Thorac Surg 44:217-222
2. Bortolotti U, Maraglino G, Rubino M, Santini F, Mazzucco A, Milano A, Fasoli G, Livi U, Thiene G, Gallucci V (1990) Surgical excision of intracardiac myxomas: a 20-year follow-up. Ann Thorac Surg 49:449-453
3. Dianzumba SS, Char G ((1982) Large calcified atrial myxorna in a newborn: rare cause of neonatal death. Br Heart J 48:177-179
4. Fitzpatrick AP, Lanham JG, Doyle DV (1986) Cardiac tumours simulating collagen vascular disease. Br Heart J 55: 592-595
5. Holley DG, Martin GR, Fyfe DA, Huhta JC, Kleinmann CS, Ritter SB, Silvermann NH (1995) Diagnosis and management of fetal cardiac tumours: a multicenter experience and review of published reports. J Am Coll Cardiol 26:516-520
6. Huston KA, Combs JJ, Lie JT, Giuliani ER (1978) Left atrial myxoma simulating peripheral vasculitis. Mayo Clin Proc 53:752-756
7. Kaminsky ME, Ehlers KH, Engle MA, Klein AA, Levin AR, Subramanian VA (1979) Atrial myxoma mimicking a collagen disorder. Chest 75:93-95
8. Manns M, Haist A, Mohr S, Erbel R, Staritz M, Wanitschke R, Oelert H, Meyer KH (1986) Myxom des rechten Vorhofs. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 111: 1106-1109
9. Marx GR (1994) Cardiac tumours. In: Emmanouilidis GC, Allen HD, Riemenschneider TA. Gutgesell HP (eds) Heart disease in infants, children and adolescents. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, pp 1773-1780
10. Metz-Kurschel U, Wehr M (1989) Vorhofmyxom und Zeichen einer Autoimmunerkrankung. Dtsch med Wochenschr 114:181-183
11. Nasser WK, Davis RH, Dillon JC, Tavel ME, Helmen CH, Feigenbaum H, Fisch C (1972) Atrial myxoma: clinical and pathological features in 9 cases. Am Heart J 83:694-704
12. Park JM, Garcia RR, Patrick JK, Waagner D, Anuras S (1990) Right atrial myxoma with nonembolic intestinal manifestation. Pediatr Cardiol 11: 164-166
13. Reddy DJ, Rao TS, Venkaiah KR, Gupta KG, Devi PS, Naidu NV (1956) Congenital myxoma of the heart. Indian J Pediatr 23:210-212
14. Reynen K (1995) Cardiac myxomas. N Engl J Med 333:1610-1617
15. Saji T, Yanagawa E, Matsuura H (1991) Increased serum interleukin-6 in cardiac myxoma. Am Heart J 122:579-580
16. Seino Y, Ikeda U, Shimada K (1993) Increased expression of interleukin 6 mRNA in cardiac myxomas. Br Heart J 69:565-567
17. St.John Sutton MG, Mercier LA, Giuliani E, Lie JT (1980) Atrial myxomas: review of clinical experience in 40 patients. Mayo Clin Proc 55:371-376
18. Thomas MH (1981) Myxoma masquerading as polyarteritis nodosa. J Rheumatol 8:133-137