ArticleBMJ case reports2016
Diagnosing pulmonic valve infective endocarditis with positron emission tomography-CT.
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- A Rare Case of Blood Culture-Negative Isolated Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis Causing Empyema.Cureus · 2022Article
- Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis: truth or myth?Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2017Article
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Abstract
Infective endocarditis (IE) affects the pulmonic valve in less than 2% of cases. Not only is pulmonary valve IE rare, it is also challenging to visualise with commonly used imaging modalities. In this vignette, we present a 50-year-old patient with a history of repaired Tetralogy of Fallot who underwent a prolonged hospitalisation and extensive work up for fever of unknown origin. Although we suspected IE as the source of his fevers, he had persistently negative transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiograms. We were ultimately able to establish the diagnosis with the use of positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT). Although PET-CT is not part of the traditional work up for IE, it can be a useful imaging modality when there is a high index of suspicion for IE with negative echocardiography findings.
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