[Clinical case of the month. Metastatic endocarditis: clinical observation and review of the literature].
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.
Graas
M P
MP
Département d'Oncologie médicale, Cliniques Saint-Joseph, Liège.
Evrard
P
P
Creemers
E
E
Longrée
L
L
Limet
R
R
Focan
C
C
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
Le cas clinique du mois. L'endocardite métastatique: observation clinique et revue de la littérature.