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[[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> | [[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> | ||
* [[Vegetation (pathology)|Vegetations]] | * [[Vegetation (pathology)|Vegetations]] | ||
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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]
- Vegetations
- 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.