Whipple’s endocarditis presenting as ulnar artery aneurysm; if you don’t look, you won’t find

A 54-year-old female patient presented to her local district general hospital with a painful, swollen left arm. Imaging revealed an ulnar artery aneurysm. The aetiology was embolic, with an echocardiogram revealing vegetations on the aortic valve. The patient was treated empirically for 6 weeks with...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Seddon, Owen, Hettiarachchi, Irasha
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Rare Disease
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747765/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28928251
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221327
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