A case of confirmed nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis with correlative transesophageal echocardiographic findings.
The diagnosis of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is rarely made during life. We describe a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with evidence of systemic embolism in which transesophageal echocardiography was useful in establishing the diagnosis. The clinical and echocardiographic features of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis should be remembered when a valvular mass is seen on echocardiography.
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Minneapolis Cardiology Associates/Minneapolis Heart Institute, 920 East 28th Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology