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Penetrating mitral annular abscess ruptured into the left atrium: a rare cause of mitral regurgitation

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A man aged 27 years from Bangladesh was referred to our centre for evaluation of fever of unknown origin of 3 months duration. There was a history of progressively increasing dyspnoea… Click to show full abstract

A man aged 27 years from Bangladesh was referred to our centre for evaluation of fever of unknown origin of 3 months duration. There was a history of progressively increasing dyspnoea of NYHA functional class II for 25 days. He had received antibiotic therapy for a week prior to his presentation to us. Physical examination revealed muffled first heart sound with loud pulmonary component of second heart sound. A grade IV/VI (Levine grade) pan systolic murmur was heard over the apex, radiating to the left axillae. There were no clinical stigmata …

Keywords: ruptured left; left atrium; abscess ruptured; penetrating mitral; annular abscess; mitral annular

Journal Title: BMJ Case Reports
Year Published: 2017

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