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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Norisada K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3053217 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cardiovascular ultrasound 20110228
A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of right lateroabdominal pain. He was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, and then developed multiple brain embolic infarctions 7 days after admission. Transesophageal echocardiography showed that mobile, echo-dense masses were attached to the anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflet. Furthermore, there was a thrombus in the left auricular appendage despite sinus rhythm. These findings led to a diagnosis of suspected infectio ...[more]