[en] The authors describe a case of metastatic endocarditis associated with a gastric carcinoma. The diagnosis was made early and the treatment by surgery and chemotherapy allowed a survival of 18 months, which is unusually long. The differential diagnosis is discussed and includes nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, infectious endocarditis and primary tumors of the heart.
Disciplines :
Surgery Oncology Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
Graas, M.P.
Evrard, P.
CREEMERS, Etienne ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire
Longrée, L.
Limet, Raymond ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique
Focan, C.
Language :
French
Title :
Le cas clinique du mois. L'endocardite métastatique: observation clinique et revue de la littérature
Alternative titles :
[en] Clinical Case of the Month. Metastatic Endocarditis: Clinical Observation and Review of the Literature
Publication date :
October 1998
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
