Fatal endocarditis in Wegener's granulomatosis: mitral valve involvement and an intracardiac mass.
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.
Onal
Ibrahim Koral
IK
Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
Ozçakar
Levent
L
Temirel
Kudret
K
Aran
Raşit
R
Kurt
Mevlüt
M
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