PMID: 11334322May 4, 2001Paper

Right-sided non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis in a chronic hemodialysis patient with Muir-Torre syndrome

Clinical Nephrology
S SinghalP Kalra

Abstract

Endocarditis is a recognised complication ofhemodialysis. This is generally only thought of in terms of infective vegetations. We present a case of right-sided NBTE in a patient with an indwelling venous catheter who also had advanced pelvic malignancy. The unusual side of this patient's endocarditic lesions implicates a role for the venous catheter in determining the site of non-bacterial thrombus formation. It is also a reminder that endocarditis is always a risk when using central venous catheters, even after appropriate sterile precautions have been taken.

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