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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Metastatic myocardial abscess on the posterior wall of the left ventricle: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Metastatic myocardial abscess on the posterior wall of the left ventricle a case report Javaid Iqbal 1 Iftikhar Ahmed2 and Wazir Baig3 Address Department of Cardiovascular Science Queen s Medical Research Institute University of Edinburgh UK 2Department of Medicine Scarborough General Hospital North Yorkshire UK and 3Department of Cardiology Leeds General Infirmary West Yorkshire UK Email Javaid Iqbal - javaid@ Iftikhar Ahmed - ansari35@ Wazir Baig - wazirbaig@ Corresponding author Published 5 August 2008 Received 12 December 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 258 doi l752-l947-2-258 Accepted 5 August 2008 This article is available from http content 2 l 258 2008 Iqbal et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Myocardial abscess is a rare and potentially fatal condition. Metastatic myocardial abscess in the setting of infective endocarditis has been infrequently reported in the medical literature. To the best of the authors knowledge no case of myocardial abscess affecting the free wall of the left ventricle secondary to infective endocarditis of a right-sided heart valve has been reported previously. Case presentation We report a case of tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus and resulting in a myocardial abscess on the posterior wall of the left ventricle far from the active valvular infection. We also briefly discuss the role of different investigation modalities including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing myocardial abscess. Conclusion Myocardial abscess is a life-threatening illness. A high index of .