Abstract
The occurrence of cardiac involvement in RA is frequent but cardiac lesions are observed more frequently at necroscopy than on clinical examination. The case of a RA patient with a serious mitral valves involvement is reported in which the histological examination of the bioptic tissue obtained during surgical valves replacement showed a typical rheumatoid granulomatous inflammation of the endocardium.
MeSH terms
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnostic imaging
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology
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Electrocardiography
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Endocarditis / pathology
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Female
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Hand / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Valve Prosthesis
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Mitral Valve / pathology
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Mitral Valve Insufficiency / pathology
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Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
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Radiography
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / pathology*
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / surgery