Cardiac myxoma in a 6-year-old child--constitutional symptoms mimicking rheumatic disease and the role of interleukin-6.
Acta Paediatr
; 88(7): 786-8, 1999 Jul.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10447143
ABSTRACT
A 6-y-old girl with right atrial myxoma presented with remittent fever attacks, general arthralgia and laboratory investigations mimicking rheumatic or autoimmune disease. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) serum concentration was markedly elevated before and normal after tumour resection, whereas myxoma cells stained negatively for IL-6. IL-6 should be considered a myxoma marker overproduction by myxoma cells and consecutive systemic passage are assumed to cause immunological features.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Reumáticas
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Interleucina-6
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Átrios do Coração
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Neoplasias Cardíacas
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Mixoma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article