Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis: A Case of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Masquerading as Infective Endocarditis

This case illustrates a rare, underdiagnosed disease, with a high mortality rate that is frequently misdiagnosed as acute bacterial endocarditis. Clinicians should include non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) as a differential diagnosis in patients with culture-negative endocarditis, so that...

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Autores principales: Randhawa, Gurchetan, Aslam, Awais, Suarez, Maria J, Lin, Yu Shia, Kuhn-Basti, Margaret
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789048
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9103

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789048
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9103

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