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Clinicopathological conference: case report--a case of anorexia and weak arm.
- Source :
-
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine [Acad Emerg Med] 2007 Jan; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 95-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Nov 21. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The authors present the case of a 49-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of "not eating well." She was found to have a heart murmur, a focal neurological deficit, and large mitral valve vegetation. The patient was later diagnosed with acute Pseudomonal endocarditis with septic emboli to the brain, liver, spleen, and kidneys. A discussion of the patient presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and outcome are reviewed.
- Subjects :
- Anorexia etiology
Brain Infarction diagnosis
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Embolism diagnosis
Embolism etiology
Female
Humans
Infarction diagnostic imaging
Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery diagnosis
Kidney blood supply
Liver blood supply
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve microbiology
Muscle Weakness etiology
Pseudomonas Infections diagnosis
Radiography
Spleen blood supply
Endocarditis, Bacterial diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1553-2712
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17119189
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.055