title: Group B streptococcal endocarditis mimicking mitral valve myxoma.
abstract: A patient with group B streptococcal endocarditis and large vegetations resembling mitral valve myxoma is described. Group B streptococcal endocarditis and the differential diagnosis of vegetations and cardiac tumors are briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: von Kemp
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demoor
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caes
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cham
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Block
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae