Abstract
Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis with Embolic Vascular Events as A Manifestation of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report
Highlights
The association between cancer and thromboembolism was first described by Trousseau in 1865
There are no pathognomonic signs and symptoms that allow the diagnosis of Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis (NBTE) and it can be often confused with that of culture-negative Infectious Endocarditis (IE) [1,3]
In the case reported the affected valves were the aortic and mitral simultaneously; the Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) was more sensitive in detecting vegetations than Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE), similar to that described in IE
Summary
J Cardiol & Cardiovasc Ther Copyright © All rights are reserved by Filipa Duarte Ribeiro. Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis with Embolic Vascular Events as A Manifestation of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report. Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, known as marantic endocarditis, is a very rare complication of malignancy and other hypercoagulable states that is characterized by deposition of sterile vegetations (consisting of thrombi and fibrin) on the heart valves. The study shows that it was secondary to nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in context of unknown metastatic pancreatic cancer. The authors reported this case because this is a rare and unusual first manifestation of malignancy, with only few reports in the literature
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