Marantic endocarditis presenting as recurrent arterial embolisation.
Marantic endocarditis is a non-infective cause of valvular masses. It is most commonly associated with advanced malignancy. We report a case of rapidly progressive marantic endocarditis, complicated by valve destruction and recurrent systemic embolisation, in a patient whose cancer was occult.
Joshi
Subodh B
SB
Richards
Michael J
MJ
Holt
Darcy Q
DQ
Yan
Bryan P
BP
Aggarwal
Anuradha
A
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*