SOLITARY MYOCARDIAL ABSCESS IN SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
Authors: A R BERGER, C E KOSSMANN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 November 1951SOLITARY MYOCARDIAL ABSCESS IN SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITISADOLPH R. BERGER, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES E. KOSSMANN, M.D., F.A.C.P.ADOLPH R. BERGER, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES E. KOSSMANN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-5-1125 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOn occasion a case of subacute bacterial endocarditis is encountered which presents an unusual feature or combination of features. It is the purpose of this communication to record an instance in which the unique occurrence of myocardial abscess, pericarditis and complete heart block with Morgagni-Adams-Stokes seizures was observed.CASE REPORTA 46 year old Italian male barber, with the diagnosis of inactive rheumatic heart disease, had been followed for a long period. 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Y.*Received for publication July 28, 1949.From the Department of Medicine, New York University College of Medicine, and the Adult Cardiac Clinic, Third (N. Y. U.) Medical Division, and Laboratories of Pathology, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLeft-sided valvular active infective endocarditisAtypische bakterielle Endokarditis und Klappenringabsce�Large abscess of the heart and spleen complicating bacterial (enterococcal) endocarditisBacterial EndocarditisErkrankungen des EndokardMyokarditis und weitere MyokardiopathienAbscess of the HeartFATAL CARDIAC FAILURE DUE TO ACUTE MYOCARDITIS OF UNCERTAIN ETIOLOGY. 1 November 1951Volume 35, Issue 5Page: 1125-1134KeywordsAbscessesCardiovascular therapyEndocarditisEpileptic seizuresHeartHospitalizationsMitral stenosisStenosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...