title: [Clinical case of the month. Metastatic endocarditis: clinical observation and review of the literature].
abstract: The authors describe a case of metastatic endocarditis associated with a gastric carcinoma. The diagnosis was made early and the treatment by surgery and chemotherapy allowed a survival of 18 months, which is unusually long. The differential diagnosis is discussed and includes nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, infectious endocarditis and primary tumors of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Oncologie médicale, Cliniques Saint-Joseph, Liège.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Graas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Evrard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Creemers
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Longrée
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Limet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Focan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
vernacular_title: Le cas clinique du mois. L'endocardite métastatique: observation clinique et revue de la littérature.