title: Fatal endocarditis in Wegener's granulomatosis: mitral valve involvement and an intracardiac mass.
abstract: Reported here is a 39-year-old man with Wegener's granulomatosis who had died due to endocarditis during his follow up. The concomitance of these two pathologies is discussed in the light of the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim Koral
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Onal
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ozçakar
authors.forename: Kudret
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Temirel
authors.forename: Raşit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aran
authors.forename: Mevlüt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D014463:Ultrasonography