Marantic Endocarditis Associated with Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Series
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Marantic Endocarditis Associated with Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Series
Marantic endocarditis, otherwise known as nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), is a well-documented phenomenon due to hypercoagulability from an underlying cause. It has been associated with a variety of inflammatory states including malignancy. Surprisingly, although hypercoagulability is often seen in patients with pancreatic cancer, marantic endocarditis has rarely been reported ante...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastroenterology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000207195