PAPILLARY MUSCLE RUPTURE DUE TO A MYOCARDIAL ABSCESS
Authors: D B HACKEL, N KAUFMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 April 1953PAPILLARY MUSCLE RUPTURE DUE TO A MYOCARDIAL ABSCESSDONALD B. HACKEL, M.D., NATHAN KAUFMAN, M.D.DONALD B. HACKEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, NATHAN KAUFMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-4-824 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRupture of a papillary muscle of the heart due to a myocardial abscess is a rare occurrence. To the best of our knowledge, no previous reports of this condition have been published. Papillary muscle rupture from any cause, in fact, is rare, with only 41 cases having been reported previously. Davisson1summarized 26 cases which had been reported prior to 1948 and added three of his own. In 1950, two cases were reported by Smith2and one by Schwartz.3In the same year Askey4reported eight additional cases, bringing the total to 40. A case of rupture of a papillary...Bibliography1. Davison S: Spontaneous rupture of a papillary muscle of the heart, J. Mt. Sinai Hosp. 14: 941, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Smith JC: Rupture of a papillary muscle of the heart, Circulation 1: 766, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SchwartzCanelli HFR: Spontaneous rupture of papillary muscle of the left ventricle, Am. Heart J. 40: 354, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Askey JM: Spontaneous rupture of a papillary muscle of the heart, Am. J. Med. 9: 528, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Kleberger K: Fernwirkungen mechanischer Gewalten im Korper, Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat. 228: 1, 1920. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. StevensonTurner RRWJ: Rupture of a papillary muscle in the heart as a cause of sudden death, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 157: 235, 1935. Google Scholar7. PayneHardy WCHH: Traumatic rupture of the papillary muscles of the mitral valves, New Orleans M. and S. J. 89: 373, 1937. Google Scholar8. GlendyWhite REPD: Nonpenetrating wound of heart, Am. Heart J. 11: 366, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Spaldingvon Glahn EDWC: Syphilitic rupture of a papillary muscle of the heart, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 32: 30, 1921. Google Scholar10. Merat : Observations sur une lesion organique du coeur par rupture d'une des colonnes charnues du ventricle gauche, J. de med., chir. pharm., Paris 6: 587, 1803 (quoted by Stevenson6). Google Scholar11. Bertin RJ: Traite des maladies du coeur et des gros vaisseaux, 1824, Bailliere, Paris (Cas 31). Google Scholar12. Spanton WD: Case of rupture of one of the musculi papillares of the tricuspid valve, Tr. Path. Soc. London 16: 73, 1865. Google Scholar13. WiggersFeil CJH: The cardio-dynamics of mitral insufficiency, Heart 9: 149, 1922. Google Scholar14. Saphir O: Myocarditis, Arch. Path. 33: 88, 1942. Google Scholar15. Flaxman N: Myocardial abscess, J. A. M. A. 122: 804, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. WeissWilkins SRW: Myocardial abscess with perforation of the heart following staphylococcal pyemia, Am. J. Surg. 60: 277, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. Gladden JR: Myocardial abscess with perforation of the heart following staphylococcal pyemia, Am. J. Surg. 60: 277, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. MillerEdwards RDJE: Abscess formation in an acute myocardial infarct, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 26: 178, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*Received for publication June 20, 1952.From the Departments of Pathology, Cleveland City Hospital, and Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.†This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of The American Heart Association. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAcute Anterolateral Papillary Muscle Rupture in the Absence of Coronary Artery DiseaseInfection of an avulsed papillary muscle tip simulating bacterial endocarditisIatrogenic rupture of left ventricular papillary muscleEtiology and differential diagnosis of acute mitral regurgitationThe Clinical Spectrum of Papillary-Muscle DiseaseThe mitral complexRight ventricular outflow tract obstruction produced by a myocardial abscess in a patient with tuberculosisCase 41-1967Traumatic rupture of a papillary muscle in a childMyocardial abscessesMyokarditis und weitere Myokardiopathien 1 April 1953Volume 38, Issue 4Page: 824-830KeywordsAbscessesFellowshipsHeartHospital medicineMyocardiumPapillary muscles ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...