Seraj Siamak M, Gill Evanpaul, Sekhon Simranjit
Department of Internal Medicine, San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, CA, USA.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2017 Oct 18;7(5):329-331. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2017.1374808. eCollection 2017.
Pulmonary valve (PV) infective endocarditis (IE) is an extremely rare disease that involves normal as well as abnormal valves. This condition mostly occurs in patients with underlying predisposing factors. It could be missed if patients do not present with typical features of right-sided endocarditis or in the absence of classic risk factors. The case presented here did not have any known risk factors for IE until surgery and presented mainly with fever, weight loss, and musculoskeletal symptoms.
肺动脉瓣（PV）感染性心内膜炎（IE）是一种极其罕见的疾病，累及正常瓣膜和异常瓣膜。这种情况大多发生在有潜在易感因素的患者中。如果患者没有出现右侧心内膜炎的典型特征或不存在经典危险因素，该病可能会被漏诊。此处呈现的病例在手术前没有任何已知的IE危险因素，主要表现为发热、体重减轻和肌肉骨骼症状。
