Infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly

Sub acute left-sided bacterial endocarditis is a serious condition that may be overlooked due to highly variable clinical manifestations. We present the case of a 45-year-old man who presented with complaints of fullness in his abdomen and splenomegaly that referred to the surgery clinic. He underwe...

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Autores principales: Rohani, Atoosheh, Akbari, Vahid, Homayoon, Kianoosh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Clinical Case Report Based Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21716757
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-3583.78601
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author Rohani, Atoosheh
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description Sub acute left-sided bacterial endocarditis is a serious condition that may be overlooked due to highly variable clinical manifestations. We present the case of a 45-year-old man who presented with complaints of fullness in his abdomen and splenomegaly that referred to the surgery clinic. He underwent diagnostic splenectomy. 3 month after splenectomy endocarditis was diagnosed. We recommend echocardiography in the work up of isolated splenomegaly.
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spelling pubmed-31202772011-06-28 Infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly Rohani, Atoosheh Akbari, Vahid Homayoon, Kianoosh J Cardiovasc Dis Res Clinical Case Report Based Study Sub acute left-sided bacterial endocarditis is a serious condition that may be overlooked due to highly variable clinical manifestations. We present the case of a 45-year-old man who presented with complaints of fullness in his abdomen and splenomegaly that referred to the surgery clinic. He underwent diagnostic splenectomy. 3 month after splenectomy endocarditis was diagnosed. We recommend echocardiography in the work up of isolated splenomegaly. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3120277/ /pubmed/21716757 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-3583.78601 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly
title Infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly
title_full Infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly
title_fullStr Infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly
title_full_unstemmed Infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly
title_short Infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly
title_sort infective endocarditis presents as isolated splenomegaly
topic Clinical Case Report Based Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21716757
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-3583.78601
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