Abstract
We describe a patient with sub-acute bacterial endocarditis, whose chief presenting feature was mild expressive dysphasia.
Highlights
We describe a patient with sub-acute bacterial endocarditis, whose chief presenting feature was mild expressive dysphasia
A 68-year-old male presented to our hospital complaining of very mild word finding difficulties
He had instrumental dental cleaning four weeks previously. He had a background history of ischaemic heart disease, mitral valve repair, hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. He had a temperature of 37.9°, very subtle expressive dysphasia, left palmar erythema and a petechial rash on the left little finger pulps
Summary
A 68-year-old male presented to our hospital complaining of very mild word finding difficulties. We describe a patient with sub-acute bacterial endocarditis, whose chief presenting feature was mild expressive dysphasia.
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