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Diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) was made in 64 cases (16.2%) among a total of 395 autopsy cases. There were 31 men and 33 women. Their ages ranged from 31 to 91 years (mean 76.3). Underlying diseases were mainly malignancy and sepsis. Fresh cardiac lesions were found in 40 cases (62.5%). Coronary thrombosis was found in 13 cases (20.3%) and myocardial necrosis in 24 cases (37.5%), with acute myocardial infarction in 9 and focal necrosis in 15. Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis was found in 17 cases (26.6%), mural thrombi in 11 (17.2%), and bleeding of the heart in 11 (17.2%). Platelet count, fibrinogen and euglobulin lysis time were not correlated with myocardial necrosis nor coronary thrombosis. Increase of fibrin degradation products correlated with the presence of coronary thrombosis with or without myocardial necrosis. DIC was found with a high incidence in the aged, and many of them were complicated with fresh cardiac lesions. Development of acute myocardial infarction depends on the small thrombi in the severe stenosis of the main coronary arteries or on the multiple microthrombi in the peripheral coronary branches.
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PMID:A clinicopathological study on cardiac lesions in 64 cases of disseminated intravascular coagulation. 84 48

The clinical and pathologic findings of 7 children and young adults with marantic endocarditis are reviewed. Cerebral embolic infarction attributable to the marantic vegetations occurred in 3 patients. The most common neurologic findings were altered mental status, seizures, and hemiplegia. Five of the 7 patients had had cardiac catheterization. Sepsis, pneumonia, hypoxia, disorders of coagulation, and renal failure were frequently present in these seriously ill patients. In each instance, the diagnosis of marantic endocarditis was unsuspected and established only at autopsy.
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PMID:Marantic endocarditis in children and young adults: clinical and pathological findings. 730 49

Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is characterized by the deposition of thrombi on undamaged heart valves and by the increased frequency of associated arterial embolic events in patients with chronic debilitating diseases. Fifteen subjects diagnosed by necropsy of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) were studied to evaluate the general features, associated diseases, arterial embolic events, distribution and characteristics of histologic lesions. The most common underlying disease was neoplasm, which was present in 10 cases. Of these, 6 were adenocarcinomas, 3 hematological, and the remaining case was a bladder carcinoma. Other associated diseases included amyloidosis, MELAS syndrome, and sepsis. In most cases peripheral arterial embolic events were detected (9 cases). The central nervous system and the lung were involved in 7 cases (78%), heart and kidneys in 5 cases (56%), and spleen in 4 cases (44%). Other involved organs included pancreas, thyroid gland, testicles, meninges, liver and adrenal glands. The left valves were predominantly involved. The mitral valve in eight cases and the aortic valve in six cases. All cases with right involvement had the antecedent of central venous catheterization. Subendothelial fibrosis was a common histological finding which revealed the chronicity of the disease.
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PMID:[Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: a review of a necropsy series]. 910 84

Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a rare condition that may result in an unexpected and usually fatal cerebroembolism. It occurs in a variety of clinical situations, including malignancy, immune disorders, and sepsis, but it has rarely been reported after trauma. The formation of NBTE appears to require a hypercoagulable state and changes in valvular morphology, e.g., during a hyperdynamic state. Patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation have a 21% incidence of NBTE. Although NBTE is usually found at autopsy, premorbid detection by echocardiography is currently possible and feasible. Untreated patients have a high incidence of embolic events, but anticoagulation with heparin may be life-saving. A lethal case of NBTE in a severely injured patient is reported here with the purpose of increasing awareness among medical personnel caring for trauma patients. Recommendations have been made for surveillance echocardiography in high-risk patients, e.g., critically ill patients with sepsis or disseminated intravascular coagulation.
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PMID:Fatal cerebroembolism from nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in a trauma patient: case report and review. 1065 36