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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include vegetations, paravalvular abscesses, and [[pseudoaneurysm]]s. | [[Computed tomography|CT scan]] may be helpful in the [[diagnosis]] of [[endocarditis]]. CT scan findings suggestive of [[endocarditis]] include [[Vegetation (pathology)|vegetations]], paravalvular abscesses, and [[pseudoaneurysm]]s. | ||
==CT scan== | ==CT scan== | ||
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include: | [[Computed tomography|CT scan]] may be helpful in the [[diagnosis]] of [[endocarditis]]. [[Computed tomography|CT scan]] findings suggestive of [[endocarditis]] include:<ref name="pmid0214859">{{cite journal| author=Renoux M, Bernard JF, Bezeau A, Amar M, Boivin P| title=[Multiple myeloma and acute leukemia. Simultaneous evolution of plasmacyte and myelomonocytic clones]. | journal=Sem Hop | year= 1978 | volume= 54 | issue= 25-28 | pages= 809-13 | pmid=0214859 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=214859 }}</ref><ref name="pmid30976366">{{cite journal| author=Ouchi K, Ebihara T, Niitani M, Makino M, Hirose M, Iiduka D | display-authors=etal| title=Diagnosis of infective endocarditis with cardiac CT in an adult. | journal=Radiol Case Rep | year= 2019 | volume= 14 | issue= 5 | pages= 544-547 | pmid=30976366 | doi=10.1016/j.radcr.2019.02.006 | pmc=6443909 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30976366 }}</ref><ref name="pmid30643945">{{cite journal| author=Hryniewiecki T, Zatorska K, Abramczuk E, Zakrzewski D, Szymański P, Kuśmierczyk M | display-authors=etal| title=The usefulness of cardiac CT in the diagnosis of perivalvular complications in patients with infective endocarditis. | journal=Eur Radiol | year= 2019 | volume= 29 | issue= 8 | pages= 4368-4376 | pmid=30643945 | doi=10.1007/s00330-018-5965-2 | pmc=6611057 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30643945 }}</ref> | ||
* [[Vegetation (pathology)|Vegetations]] | * [[Vegetation (pathology)|Vegetations]] on the valves | ||
* Paravalvular [[Abscess|abscesses]] | * Paravalvular [[Abscess|abscesses]] | ||
* [[Pseudoaneurysm|Pseudoaneurysms]] | * [[Pseudoaneurysm|Pseudoaneurysms]] | ||
[[File:Multislice CT scan.jpg|alt=pulmonic valve|center|thumb|437x437px|Multislice CT scan images: The images show a low-density area in the pulmonic valve (''red arrows''). Case courtesy by Tsuneaki Kenzaka et al<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143318/|title=Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>]] | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include vegetations, paravalvular abscesses, and pseudoaneurysms.
CT scan
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include:[1][2][3]
- Vegetations on the valves
- Paravalvular abscesses
- Pseudoaneurysms
References
- ↑ Renoux M, Bernard JF, Bezeau A, Amar M, Boivin P (1978). "[Multiple myeloma and acute leukemia. Simultaneous evolution of plasmacyte and myelomonocytic clones]". Sem Hop. 54 (25–28): 809–13. PMID 0214859.
- ↑ Ouchi K, Ebihara T, Niitani M, Makino M, Hirose M, Iiduka D; et al. (2019). "Diagnosis of infective endocarditis with cardiac CT in an adult". Radiol Case Rep. 14 (5): 544–547. doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2019.02.006. PMC 6443909. PMID 30976366.
- ↑ Hryniewiecki T, Zatorska K, Abramczuk E, Zakrzewski D, Szymański P, Kuśmierczyk M; et al. (2019). "The usefulness of cardiac CT in the diagnosis of perivalvular complications in patients with infective endocarditis". Eur Radiol. 29 (8): 4368–4376. doi:10.1007/s00330-018-5965-2. PMC 6611057 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 30643945. - ↑ "Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis".