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Endocardite infecciosa com apresentação inicial de abdome agudo / Infective endocarditis with initial presentation of acute abdomen
Freitas, Humberto F. G; Chizzola, Paulo R; Pinha, Flavio C; Velloso, Luiz G.
  • Freitas, Humberto F. G; Hospital São Camilo Pompéia. BR
  • Chizzola, Paulo R; Hospital São Camilo Pompéia. BR
  • Pinha, Flavio C; Hospital São Camilo Pompéia. BR
  • Velloso, Luiz G; Hospital São Camilo Pompéia. BR
Arq. bras. cardiol ; 94(4): e106-e108, abr. 2010.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-546705
RESUMO
Paciente de 35 anos de idade foi atendido em Serviço de Emergência com seis horas de dor em fossa ilíaca direita e febre. Feita hipótese diagnóstica de apendicite aguda e realizada laparotomia exploradora. com apendicectomia. O paciente retornou ao hospital três dias após alta hospitalar. prostrado. febril. com alteração de fala. diminuição de nível de consciência e com hemiparesia completa à esquerda. CT scan de crânio e punção de líquor normal. RMN de encéfalo revelou aspectos compatíveis com AVC isquêmico vertebro-basilar. Ecocardiograma transesofágico demonstrou vegetação em valva aórtica e insuficiência aórtica moderada e hemoculturas foram positivas para Enterococcus bovis.
ABSTRACT
A 35-year-old patient was seen in an Emergency Department. with six hours of pain in the right iliac fossa and fever. The hypothesis diagnosis was acute appendicitis and an exploring laparotomy for appendectomy was carried out. The patient returned to the hospital three days after having been discharged. debilitated. feverish. having alterations in speech. reduction in the level of consciousness and complete hemiparesis to the left. The computed tomography scan of the skull and the liquor puncture were normal. Cerebral magnetic resonance image showed aspects compatible with vertebrobasilar ischemic stroke. Transesphofagic echocardiogram showed vegetation of the aortic valve and moderate aortic insufficiency. Blood cultures were positive for Enterococcus bovis.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Endocarditis / Abdomen, Acute / Heart Valve Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic study / Etiology study Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: Portuguese Journal: Arq. bras. cardiol Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital São Camilo Pompéia/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Endocarditis / Abdomen, Acute / Heart Valve Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic study / Etiology study Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: Portuguese Journal: Arq. bras. cardiol Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital São Camilo Pompéia/BR