Slavich Massimo, Fisicaro Andrea, Agricola Eustachio, Coppi Giovanni, Ballarotto Carlo, Margonato Alberto
Division of Cardiology, San Raffaele University Hospital, Via Olgettina 58, 20100 Milan, Italy.
Case Rep Med. 2013;2013:607393. doi: 10.1155/2013/607393. Epub 2013 Feb 27.
A 69-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for persistent fever, myalgias, articular pain, headache, and hypoaesthesia of the scalp. The clinical scenario was typical for giant-cell arteritis. During hospital stay, patient developed fugax amaurosis, stroke, and acute coronary syndrome. The definitive diagnosis of infective endocarditis, supported by transesophageal echocardiography, was confirmed only by culturing the material obtained during angiography and coronary thromboaspiration.
一名69岁男性因持续发热、肌痛、关节疼痛、头痛和头皮感觉减退入住我院。临床症状典型,符合巨细胞动脉炎。住院期间,患者出现一过性黑矇、中风和急性冠状动脉综合征。经食管超声心动图支持感染性心内膜炎的明确诊断,仅通过对血管造影和冠状动脉血栓抽吸过程中获取的材料进行培养得以证实。