title: Unusual cases of infective endocarditis.
abstract: We report 2 patients with unusual cases of infective endocarditis. The first patient had a large, mural vegetation on left ventricle that was diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography; and the second patient had a large, mobile vegetation in the descending prosthetic aorta with an abscess cavity around the vessel, diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography. This report confirms the usefulness of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of uncommon cases of endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Cardio-Chirurgiche, Toraciche e Respiratorie, Ospedale Monaldi, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iarussi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dialetto
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Covino
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crispo
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coppolino
authors.forename: Maria Francoise
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tripoldi
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Utili
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*