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Ahn, Kim, Song, Park, Kim, Yun, Yoo, Shin, Lee, Oh, Jeong, and Choi: Papillary Muscle Rupture Complicating a Papillary Muscle Abscess
Case Report
Korean Circulation Journal

Korean Circulation Journal 2006; 36(3): 242-244.

Published online: 31 March 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2006.36.3.242

Papillary Muscle Rupture Complicating a Papillary Muscle Abscess

Yong Hwan Ahn, MD1, Nam-Ho Kim, MD1, 3, Mi-Jin Song, MD1, Eun Mi Park, MD1, Yun Kyung Kim, MD1, Kyung Ho Yun, MD1, 3, Nam Jin Yoo, MD1, Sung Hee Shin, MD1, Eun Mi Lee, MD1, Seok Kyu Oh, MD1, 3, Jin-Won Jeong, MD1, 3, Jong Bum Choi, MD2, 3

1Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.

2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovsacular Surgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.

3The Institute of Wonkwang Medical Sciences, Iksan, Korea.

cardionh@wonkwang.ac.kr

Received 4 August 2005       Revised 10 October 2005       Accepted 10 October 2005

Copyright © 2006 The Korean Society of Circulation

Abstract

Spontaneous rupture of a papillary muscle from a papillary abscess is extremely rare. Most cases of papillary muscle ruptures are due to myocardial infarction or trauma. We describe the clinical course of a 68-year-old man who died from a papillary muscle rupture as a complication of a papillary muscle abscess due to Streptococcal pyogenes septicemia.

Keywords: Mitral valve insufficiency, Papillary muscles, Streptococcus pyogenes

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