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Infective Endocarditis Associated with Mitral Valve Prolapse in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome
Ueki, Yasushi
Izawa, Atsushi
Ebisawa, Souichiro
Motoki, Hirohiko
Miyashita, Yusuke
Tomita, Takeshi
Koyama, Jun
Takano, Tamaki
Amano, Jun
Ikeda, Uichi
infective endocarditis
mitral valve prolapse
Klinefelter syndrome
echocardiography
We herein report a case of infective endocarditis associated with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in a 34-year-old man with Klinefelter syndrome. The patient was admitted with a fever and headache that had persisted for three weeks. Repeated blood cultures showed growth of Streptococcus oralis. Echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral regurgitation with a large vegetation attached to the prolapsed anterior leaflet. Surgical plasty of the mitral valve was performed because the vegetation measured over 10 mm in diameter and there was a risk of recurrence of embolic complications. This case demonstrates the link between MVP and Klinefelter syndrome and highlights the importance of performing cardiovascular screening and preventing endocarditis.
Article
INTERNAL MEDICINE. 53(9):969-972 (2014)
journal article
JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE
2014
application/pdf
INTERNAL MEDICINE
9
53
969
972
0918-2918
AA10827774
https://soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/8012/files/Infective_Endocarditis_Associated_Mitral_Valve.pdf
eng
24785888
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24785888
10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1748
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1748
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