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

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.

• Authors: S Singhal, J Harty, S Lal, R S Reeve, F Al Baaj, P Kalra
• Journal: Clinical nephrology (Clin Nephrol) Vol. 55 Issue 4 Pg. 331-4 (Apr 2001) ISSN: 0301-0430 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 11334322 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Catheterization, Central Venous (adverse effects)
• Catheters, Indwelling
• Endocarditis (diagnosis, etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (complications, therapy)
• Neoplasms, Multiple Primary (genetics)
• Pelvic Neoplasms (complications, genetics)
• Renal Dialysis
• Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms (complications, genetics)
• Syndrome
• Thrombosis (etiology)