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Case Reports
. 2017 Oct 18;7(5):329-331.
doi: 10.1080/20009666.2017.1374808. eCollection 2017.

Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis: truth or myth?

Siamak M Seraj  1 , Evanpaul Gill  1 , Simranjit Sekhon  1
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Case Reports

Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis: truth or myth?

Siamak M Seraj et al. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. .

Abstract

Pulmonary valve (PV) infective endocarditis (IE) is an extremely rare disease that involves normal as well as abnormal valves. This condition mostly occurs in patients with underlying predisposing factors. It could be missed if patients do not present with typical features of right-sided endocarditis or in the absence of classic risk factors. The case presented here did not have any known risk factors for IE until surgery and presented mainly with fever, weight loss, and musculoskeletal symptoms.

Keywords: Pulmonic valve; Streptococcus sanguinus; infective endocarditis; musculoskeletal manifestation; subpulmonic valve stenosis; vegetation.

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Figure 1.
CT scan of chest without contrast showing multiple bilateral opacities.
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Transthoracic echocardiogram, short axis of aorta view.
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Subpulmonic valve stenosis and PV vegetation during open heart surgery.
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