Acute Myocardial and Hemorrhagic Cerebral Infarction Secondary to Non-bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Patient with Advanced Uterine and Ovarian Cancer
Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) causes myocardial and cerebral infarctions and is associated with advanced stages of malignancy. However, only a few cases of myocardial and cerebral infarctions have been reported in the same patient. We herein report a 47-year-old woman with advanced uterine and ovarian cancer who experienced acute myocardial infarction (MI) after receiving chemotherapeutic intervention for the cancer and hemorrhagic cerebral infarction 1 month after admission for acute MI, attributable to NBTE of the aortic valve. NBTE should be considered in patients with malignancies and life-threatening thromboembolism of important organs.
Authors
- Shunsuke Taguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5358-6840)
- Yoichi Hisata
- Takafumi Yamada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2332-3254)
- Yasuaki Koga
- Masahisa Shintomi
Institutions
- Oita Prefectural Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.4571-24
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39