Pulsatile torso: giant cardiomegaly from untreated tricuspid endocarditis

Postgrad Med J. 2019 Mar;95(1121):174. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-136120. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Authors

Adam James Nelson¹, Ross Laurence Roberts-Thomson², Michael Benjamin Stokes², Angus Albert Baumann², Stephen James Nicholls²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

PMID: 30559316
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-136120

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiomyopathy; infectious diseases; valvular heart disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiomegaly / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomegaly / microbiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases / microbiology*
Humans
Streptococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
Streptococcus mutans / isolation & purification
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve / microbiology