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An unusual right atrial mass in a two-month old infant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2007

Ramin Baghaei ,
Mohammad Yousef Aarabi Moghaddam  and
Mohsen Shahidi
Ramin Baghaei*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shahid Rajaee Cardiovascular Medical Center, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Yousef Aarabi Moghaddam
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shahid Rajaee Cardiovascular Medical Center, Tehran, Iran
Mohsen Shahidi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shahid Rajaee Cardiovascular Medical Center, Tehran, Iran
*
Correspondence to: Ramin Baghaei, Departnent of Cardiac Surgery, Shahid Rajaee Cardiovascular Medical Center, Mellat Park, Valiasr Ave., Tehran 199611151 Iran. Tel: +(98) 21 2392 2146; Fax: +(98) 21 2204 2037; E-mail: baghaei@doctor.com
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Abstract

We report a 2-month old female with a rare cardiac mass. She was evaluated echocardiographically after physical examination revealed a low grade cardiac murmur. The mass, located in right atrium, was shown to be the consequence of candida endocarditis by means of pathological study and blood culture.

Keywords

Cardiac massendocarditisCandida infection
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , December 2007 , pp. 673 - 674
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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