A Confounder in the Study of a Patient With Infective Endocarditis

Milagros Suárez; Francisco Calvo-Iglesias; Adrián Sousa; Olalla Lima; Rebeca Longueira; Ana López; Martín Rubianes; M Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102095

A Confounder in the Study of a Patient With Infective Endocarditis

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Oct 27:28:102095. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102095. eCollection 2023 Dec 20.

Authors

Milagros Suárez^{1

2}, Francisco Calvo-Iglesias³, Adrián Sousa^{1

2}, Olalla Lima^{1

2}, Rebeca Longueira^{1

2}, Ana López^{1

2}, Martín Rubianes¹, M Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain.
² Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain.
³ Cardiology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain.

Abstract

Positron emission tomography (¹⁸FDG PET-CT) is a widely used method to help in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) is an uncommon fat deposition in the region of the interatrial septum. PET-CT images of LHIS may be indistinguishable from changes associated with IE.

Keywords: 18FDG PET-CT; infective endocarditis; lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum.

Publication types

Case Reports