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Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss
; 76(5): 622-6, 1983 May.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6411038
ABSTRACT
The authors report a case of Libman-Sacks endocarditis of the posterior mitral leaflet in a child treated for disseminated lupus erythematosus for 8 years. Mitral valve replacement was performed. Libman-Sacks vegetations are hardly ever recognised in vivo and have never been previously reported in a child. The incidence of this cardiac complication of lupus erythematosus is probably higher than indicated in the literature. Attentive cardiac examination and systematic echocardiography should be part of routine follow-up of patients with disseminated lupus erythematosus.