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Left atrial mass due to cancica endomyocarditis in a newborn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Filiz Şenocak ,
Ayşegül Akçayöz  and
Süheyla Özkutlu
Filiz Şenocak*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr.Sami Ulus Children's Hospital and Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
Ayşegül Akçayöz
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr.Sami Ulus Children's Hospital and Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
Süheyla Özkutlu
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr.Sami Ulus Children's Hospital and Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
*
Filiz Şenocak, Kehribar Sokak9/46, 06700Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: 90-312-4393553; Fax: 90-312-4672002.
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Abstract

We describe a case of Candida endomyocarditis in a neonate not diagnosed until autopsy. Echocardiography had demonstrated a left atrial mass. Since cardiac candidiasis seems to be occuring with greater frequency in neonatal intensive care units, echocardiography and blood cultures should be done to exclude this previously rare event.

Keywords

Candidaendomyocarditisleft atrial mass
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 235 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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