Bacterial endocarditis on calcification on the mitral anulus fibrosus: report of an unusual case.
Endocarditis restricted to the base of the mitral valve and an adjacent calcified anulus is rare. This report describes a hitherto unrecorded complication: massive intramural hemorrhage of the left atrium.
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*