Abdominal mycotic aneurysm and cerebral embolic event associated with infective endocarditis in a patient with chronic rheumatic valvar disease.
We report the case of a girl with chronic rheumatic valvar heart disease who developed infective endocarditis and two complications, ischemic stroke due to cerebral embolic event and mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery.
Liphaus
Bernadete Lourdes
BL
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. bernadll@icr.hcnet.usp.br
Goldenstein-Schainberg
Cláudia
C
Kitamura
Letícia Monteiro
LM
Silva
Clóvis Artur Almeida
CA
D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D034363:Viridans Streptococci