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http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2014.44.3.189

Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Patient with Bowel Infarction due to Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis  

Kim, Hyue Mee (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Kim, Hack-Lyoung (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Lee, Hak Seung (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Jung, Ji-Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Kim, Chee Hae (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Oh, Sooyeon (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Kim, Jung Ho (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Zo, Joo-Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
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Korean Circulation Journal / v.44, no.3, 2014 , pp. 189-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ante mortem cases of venous thrombosis in patients with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) have not yet been reported. We describe a rare case of NBTE in a patient with mesenteric vein thrombosis. A healthy 37-year-old man with abdominal pain and fever underwent emergency small bowel resection due to bowel ischemia resulting from mesenteric vein thrombosis. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed multiple mobile masses attached to the anterior leaflet of the mitral valves and their chordae tendineae. On suspicion of infective endocarditis, the cardiac masses were excised through open-heart surgery. However, pathologic reviews were compatible with NBTE. The patient was stable after the cardiac surgery and was treated with warfarin. Laboratory and imaging findings regarding his hypercoagulable condition were all negative.
Keywords
Endocarditis, non-infective; Echocardiography; Venous thrombosis;
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