Tricuspid aseptic endocarditis revealing right endomyocardial fibrosis during an unrecognized Behçet's disease. A case report

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العنوان: Tricuspid aseptic endocarditis revealing right endomyocardial fibrosis during an unrecognized Behçet's disease. A case report
المؤلفون: Achille, Aouba, Lucie, Nebie, Jean-Noel, Fabiani, Patrice, Bruneval, Blaise, Patri, Michel, De Bandt
المصدر: Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983). 33(19 Pt 2)
سنة النشر: 2004
مصطلحات موضوعية: Adult, Male, Endocarditis, Behcet Syndrome, Ventricular Dysfunction, Right, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Humans, Tricuspid Valve, Endomyocardial Fibrosis
الوصف: Aseptic endocarditis or/and endomyocardial fibrosis are rarely reported in Behçet's disease.We report on a case of a 21-year-old man living in Algeria, revealed by verrucous tricuspid valvulitis extending to the ventricular endomyocardium and complicated with right heart failure, initially misdiagnosed and treated as infective endocarditis occurring on rheumatic cardiac after-effects. DISCUSSION; We discuss the lack of specificity of Jones criteria and emphasize the need to include cardiac involvement in Behçet's disease in the differential diagnosis of rheumatic fever carditis. This message is notably important in some countries where the prevalence of these two entities are among the highest in the world.
تدمد: 0755-4982
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid________::c07f4294d5ed86893d15818d36d00508
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15615247
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.pmid..........c07f4294d5ed86893d15818d36d00508
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE