Fever of unknown origin due to left atrial myxoma

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-172

  Savaş, Lütfü ^a,b   Onlen, Yusuf ^a,b   Kzltan, Tark ^a,c   Pourbagher, Ali ^a,c   Seyfeli, Ergun ^a,b   Turunc, Tuba ^a,c   Yalcin, Fatih ^a,b  

^a Cardiovascular Surgery   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; THROAT CULTURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 33744486881     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000194287.39578.6e     Document Type: Article

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