First sign of native valve endocarditis in the COVID-19 pandemic: Acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremity

he clinical manifestations of infective endocarditis are variable. Late diagnosis of the disease can lead to clinical catastrophe and even death. Although its symptomatology is broad, the initial diagnosis can sometimes be made after complications, particularly during COVID-19 pandemic days. It shou...

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Main Authors: Cengiz Bolcal, Gökhan Erol, Tuna Demirkıran, Murat Kadan, Emre Kubat
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Published: Selcuk University Press 2022-08-01
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Gökhan Erol
Tuna Demirkıran
Murat Kadan
Emre Kubat
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Emre Kubat
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description he clinical manifestations of infective endocarditis are variable. Late diagnosis of the disease can lead to clinical catastrophe and even death. Although its symptomatology is broad, the initial diagnosis can sometimes be made after complications, particularly during COVID-19 pandemic days. It should be noted that during the pandemic period, patients with mild infective endocarditis symptoms may be confused with covid 19 infection symptoms. In this report, we aim to present that lower extremity ischemia was the first sign of infective endocarditis in a 77-year-old female patient with complaints of sudden onset of pain and coldness in the leg. The patient underwent an embolectomy and embolic material of 1x1.5 cm was removed from the left common femoral artery.
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spelling doaj-art-35dfbbbb1d534114b56ddbd8fb5bc5672025-08-20T02:43:17ZengSelcuk University PressGenel Tıp Dergisi2602-37412022-08-0132448048210.54005/geneltip.1129438154First sign of native valve endocarditis in the COVID-19 pandemic: Acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremityCengiz Bolcal0Gökhan Erol1Tuna Demirkıran2Murat Kadan3Emre Kubat4Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiGülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiGülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiGülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiGülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesihe clinical manifestations of infective endocarditis are variable. Late diagnosis of the disease can lead to clinical catastrophe and even death. Although its symptomatology is broad, the initial diagnosis can sometimes be made after complications, particularly during COVID-19 pandemic days. It should be noted that during the pandemic period, patients with mild infective endocarditis symptoms may be confused with covid 19 infection symptoms. In this report, we aim to present that lower extremity ischemia was the first sign of infective endocarditis in a 77-year-old female patient with complaints of sudden onset of pain and coldness in the leg. The patient underwent an embolectomy and embolic material of 1x1.5 cm was removed from the left common femoral artery.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2480939infective endocarditisembolussurgerylimb ischemiaacuteenfektif endokarditembolicerrahiekstremite iskemisiakut
spellingShingle Cengiz Bolcal
Gökhan Erol
Tuna Demirkıran
Murat Kadan
Emre Kubat
First sign of native valve endocarditis in the COVID-19 pandemic: Acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremity
Genel Tıp Dergisi
infective endocarditis
embolus
surgery
limb ischemia
acute
enfektif endokardit
emboli
cerrahi
ekstremite iskemisi
akut
title First sign of native valve endocarditis in the COVID-19 pandemic: Acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremity
title_full First sign of native valve endocarditis in the COVID-19 pandemic: Acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremity
title_fullStr First sign of native valve endocarditis in the COVID-19 pandemic: Acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremity
title_full_unstemmed First sign of native valve endocarditis in the COVID-19 pandemic: Acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremity
title_short First sign of native valve endocarditis in the COVID-19 pandemic: Acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremity
title_sort first sign of native valve endocarditis in the covid 19 pandemic acute arterial septic embolism in the lower extremity
topic infective endocarditis
embolus
surgery
limb ischemia
acute
enfektif endokardit
emboli
cerrahi
ekstremite iskemisi
akut
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2480939
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