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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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 |
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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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Salinas G.,Alejandra Bustamante H.,Luis Lanas Z.,Fernando Soto V.,Alvaro García B.,María Angélica Bartolotti H.,Constanza |
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Salinas G.,Alejandra Bustamante H.,Luis Lanas Z.,Fernando Soto V.,Alvaro García B.,María Angélica Bartolotti H.,Constanza |
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Salinas G.,Alejandra |
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Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico |
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Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico |
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Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico |
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Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico |
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Endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. Caso clínico |
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endocarditis marántica como presentación de cáncer de páncreas. caso clínico |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago |
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2017 |
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http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872017001001353 |
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