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Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Child With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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The diagnosis of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NTBE) is rarely made during life. This report describes a child who had high-grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with NTBE and multiple systemic embolism. The transthoracic echocardiographic findings of mitral valve leaflet vegetations and progressive regurgitation led to surgical resection of the vegetations. A high index of suspicion is needed when a clinician is faced with a patient who has malignancy, systemic embolic phenomena, and persistent negative blood cultures.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia

    Norliza Ali & Michael Cheung

  2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

    Igor Konstantinov & Krishna Bhagwat

  3. Children’s Cancer Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

    John A. Heath

  4. Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    Igor Konstantinov, John A. Heath & Michael Cheung

  5. Heart Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

    Igor Konstantinov & Michael Cheung

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Ali, N., Konstantinov, I., Heath, J.A. et al. Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Child With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Pediatr Cardiol 33, 843–845 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0230-y

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