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Case Reports
. 2001 Apr;71(4):1365-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02273-6.

Endocarditis after nipple piercing in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve

C Ochsenfahrt  1 , R Friedl, A Hannekum, B A Schumacher
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Endocarditis after nipple piercing in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve

C Ochsenfahrt et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2001 Apr.

Abstract

Piercing the skin for cosmetic reasons can be dangerous in young adults who have previously undergone surgery for congenital defects of the heart. We report the case of a 24-year-old man in whom coarctation of the aorta had been corrected 15 years earlier. Two months after piercing his left nipple without antibiotic prophylaxis, he developed a local mastitis, followed by bacterial endocarditits that required replacement of the aortic valve.

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