Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico

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 y...

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Autores principales: Salinas G.,Alejandra, Bustamante H.,Luis, Lanas Z.,Fernando, Soto V.,Alvaro, García B.,María Angélica, Bartolotti H.,Constanza
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2017
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720170010013532018-02-16Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínicoSalinas G.,AlejandraBustamante H.,LuisLanas Z.,FernandoSoto V.,AlvaroGarcía B.,María AngélicaBartolotti H.,Constanza Endocarditis Non-Infective Pancreatic Neoplasm Paraneoplastic Syndromes Stroke 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.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.145 n.10 20172017-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872017001001353es10.4067/S0034-98872017001001353
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Endocarditis
Non-Infective
Pancreatic Neoplasm
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Stroke
spellingShingle Endocarditis
Non-Infective
Pancreatic Neoplasm
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Stroke
Salinas G.,Alejandra
Bustamante H.,Luis
Lanas Z.,Fernando
Soto V.,Alvaro
García B.,María Angélica
Bartolotti H.,Constanza
Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico
description 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.
author Salinas G.,Alejandra
Bustamante H.,Luis
Lanas Z.,Fernando
Soto V.,Alvaro
García B.,María Angélica
Bartolotti H.,Constanza
author_facet Salinas G.,Alejandra
Bustamante H.,Luis
Lanas Z.,Fernando
Soto V.,Alvaro
García B.,María Angélica
Bartolotti H.,Constanza
author_sort Salinas G.,Alejandra
title Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico
title_short Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico
title_full Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico
title_fullStr Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico
title_full_unstemmed Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico
title_sort endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. caso clínico
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2017
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872017001001353
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