Open AccessAn Unusual Site for a Common Disease
Author(s) -
Maysaa Alzetani,
Joseph J. Boyle,
David Lefroy,
Petros Nihoyannopoulos
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.677120
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , malaise , general surgery , surgery , pathology
A 75-year-old Asian woman presented with a 5-month history of night sweats, lethargy, and malaise. On admission she was found to have low-grade pyrexia and elevated inflammatory markers. Septic screen, which included repeated blood cultures and chest x-ray (Figure 1), were negative. A transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a doughnut-shaped mass (online Data Supplement Movie I) that surrounded the mitral valve annulus and extended up …
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