Primary mural endocarditis

True bacterial mural endocarditis.

existed with the pulmonary venous anomaly was considered. Resection of the left lower lobe was contemplated. Based upon careful palpation of the entire lung and presumptive evidence that the preoperative roentgenogram and the operative findings coincided, the decision not to resect was made. Delayed postoperative pulmonary angiography (Fig 2) confirmed the validity of this decision. Anomalies o...

Primary mural endocarditis with enormous vegetation in the left ventricle.

Bacterial Endocarditis and Mural Thrombi

EMBOLIC phenomena occur with such frequency in the course of bacterial endocarditis as to constitute a cardinal diagnostic feature of this disease. However, it has been noted that the resultant infarcts are less often septic than would be expected if the emboli originated from the infected valvular vegetations.' A previous study of this apparent paradox showed that it is the nonbacterial thromb...

The use of cardiac MRI in a rare case of primary mural endocarditis.

Patel M, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221607 Description A 47-year-old-man with a history of intravenous drug use and recent diagnosis of T-cell lymphoma returned to the emergency department 1 week after initiation of chemotherapy with complaint of left olecranon swelling. Admission vital signs included body temperature of 36.6°C, blood pressure 108/65, heart rate 76 and respi...

Streptococcus agalactiae mural infective endocarditis in a structurally normal heart

A 38-year-old Caucasian man with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus type 2 was admitted with a 1-week duration of fevers, chills, and a non-productive cough. He had a left ischiorectal abscess 1 month prior to admission. Physical examination revealed caries on a left upper molar and a well-healed scar on the left buttock, but no heart murmur or evidence of micro-emboli. Blood cultures grew Streptoc...