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Salinas G, Alejandra

Bustamante H, Luis#Lanas Z, Fernando#Soto, Alvaro, V#Garcia B, Maria Angelica#Bartolotti H, Constanza

Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis. Report of one case

SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO

REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE

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Marantic or nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is characterized for the presence of vegetations formed by a meshwork of fibrin and other cellular material similar a blood clot, without the presence of microorganisms. It is often related with tumors and chronic inflammatory states. We report a 49 years old female with a history of weight loss and asthenia, presenting with multiple cerebrovascular attacks and fever. Blood cultures were negative and the fever did not subside with antibiotic treatment. Trans esophageal echocardiogram showed a mitral valve vegetation and thickening of the free edge of both leaflets. In search of the etiology of such a case, a primary pancreatic cancer with distant metastases was found. We cannot rule out the differential diagnosis with bacterial endocarditis with negative blood cultures, although the clinical context supports a non-infectious etiology.

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10.4067/S0034-98872017001001353

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Endocarditis# Non-Infective# Pancreatic Neoplasm# Paraneoplastic Syndromes# Stroke

http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872017001001353

Medicine, General & Internal

Endocarditis# No infeccioso# Neoplasia Pancreática# Síndromes Paraneoplásicos# Ataque

Medicina General e Interna

Sistema Cardiovascular y Cardiaco

Oncología

WOS:000429035100016

Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis. Report of one case

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SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO

REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE

Medicina general e interna

0034-9887

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