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KMID : 0357820140380020078
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2014 Volume.38 No. 2 p.78 ~ p.82
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Infective Endocarditis: An Autopsy Case Report with Literature Review
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Na Joo-Young
Cho Whee-Yeol
Park Jeong-Woo
Choi Yoo-Duk
Kim Hyung-Seok
Park Jong-Tae
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Abstract
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A 69-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of flu-like symptoms and fatigue for 2 weeks. Computed tomography revealed ground glass opacity and consolidation in both the lungs as well as pleural effusion. The patient was diagnosed with pneumonia and was hospitalized. At the time of hospitalization, he complained of shortness of breath and coughed-up blood-tinged sputum. Two days after admission, he died suddenly. An autopsy was performed; cardiomegaly was noted, and further examination revealed that the aortic valve had been destroyed by multiple, irregular vegetations. Herein, we report an autopsy case of infective endocarditis with a review of the relevant literatures.
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KEYWORD
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Infective endocarditis, Forensic, Autopsy
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