Open AccessEmbolic mononeuropathy in subacute bacterial endocarditis
Author(s) -
Andreas S.,
Tebbe U.,
Kreuzer H.,
Holzgraefe M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960130915
Subject(s) - medicine , mononeuropathy , endocarditis , lesion , cardiology , surgery , peripheral neuropathy , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
A 49‐year‐old man presented with temperature up to 39.5°C, a sudden peroneal nerve lesion, and a cardiac murmur. The peroneal nerve lesion was likely caused by an embolic occlusion of an artery supplying the nerve. Until now, six cases of embolic mononeuropathy in endocarditis have been reported in the literature. Embolic mononeuropathy is a very rare manifestation of subacute bacterial endocarditis and quite often complicates, as do other more common embolic manifestations, the correct diagnosis.