Group B streptococcal endocarditis mimicking mitral valve myxoma

K von Kemp; D Demoor; F Caes; B Cham; P Block

Group B streptococcal endocarditis mimicking mitral valve myxoma

Acta Cardiol. 1987;42(3):223-8.

Authors

K von Kemp¹, D Demoor, F Caes, B Cham, P Block

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

PMID: 3314299

Abstract

A patient with group B streptococcal endocarditis and large vegetations resembling mitral valve myxoma is described. Group B streptococcal endocarditis and the differential diagnosis of vegetations and cardiac tumors are briefly reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve
Myxoma / diagnosis*
Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Streptococcus agalactiae