[Tricuspid valve endocarditis with pulmonary infarction caused by central venous catheter (author's transl)].
Knowledge of common complications of central venous catheters is completed by a case of bacterial tricuspid endocarditis with recurrent pulmonary infarction. This rare, life threatening complication should be considered in differential diagnosis, when in case of central venous catheter sepsis, changing pulmonary infiltrations with pleural effusion as well as different auscultatory findings above the tricuspid valve do occur. The diagnosis can be supported by echocardiographic demonstration of tricuspid vegetations.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
Trikuspidalendokarditis mit Lungeninfarkten nach zentralem Venenkatheter.