Pulmonary emboli originating from infective endocarditis of the mitral valve migrating through an atrial septal defect

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Mar 20;133(1):e3-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.071. Epub 2008 Feb 20.

Abstract

We report a case of infective endocarditis of the mitral valve, which was accompanied by pulmonary emboli traveling through an atrial septal defect. An 18-year-old male was admitted to our hospital due to a fever, polyarthritis and subcutaneous hemorrhage. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a mobile mass and possible vegetation lodged in the mitral valve and a secundum-type atrial septal defect. Computed tomography revealed a hepatic, splenic and renal embolic infarction. During antibiotic therapy, he felt a sudden right flank pain. Follow-up computed tomography revealed a pulmonary embolic infarction that drifted through an atrial septal defect. This association is the first report, of pulmonary emboli which migrated through an atrial septal defect from the mitral valve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Echocardiography
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / microbiology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed