A 67-year-old woman, suffering from Sjogren's syndrome, was admitted for septic asymmetric arthritis due to Streptococcus agalactiae. She had previously undergone a replacement of the ascending aorta (type A acute aortic dissection). A transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography showed small pseudoaneurysm of the sino-tubular junction and vegetations attached both to the aortic cusps and to a residual intimal flap near the proximal edge of the vascular prosthesis. A F-18-FDG PET/CT scan confirmed the diagnosis
De Chiara, B., Peritore, A., Sara, R., Giannattasio, C., Moreo, A. (2016). Infective endocarditis of an aortic intimal flap due to Streptococcus agalactiae in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome: an unusual clinical case report. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, 33(9), 1434-1435 [10.1111/echo.13274].
Infective endocarditis of an aortic intimal flap due to Streptococcus agalactiae in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome: an unusual clinical case report
De Chiara, B;PERITORE, ANGELICASecondo
;GIANNATTASIO, CRISTINAPenultimo
;MOREO, ANTONELLAUltimo
2016
Abstract
A 67-year-old woman, suffering from Sjogren's syndrome, was admitted for septic asymmetric arthritis due to Streptococcus agalactiae. She had previously undergone a replacement of the ascending aorta (type A acute aortic dissection). A transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography showed small pseudoaneurysm of the sino-tubular junction and vegetations attached both to the aortic cusps and to a residual intimal flap near the proximal edge of the vascular prosthesis. A F-18-FDG PET/CT scan confirmed the diagnosis
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