Khan Omar A, Rogers Vanessa, Sharma Raj, Ohri Sunil K
Wessex Cardiac Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Heart Lung Circ. 2008 Apr;17(2):161-3. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.12.006. Epub 2007 Mar 2.
Although marantic endocarditis secondary to pulmonary adenocarcinoma is well described, it is very unusual for this symptom to be the initial presenting feature of lung cancer. Here we describe such a case in which marantic endocarditis affected not only the patient's native mitral valve, but also his newly implanted bioprosthetic valve--a phenomenon that has not been previously reported.