선천성 무균성 혈전성 심내막염 1예

Abstract

Authors experienced a case of congenital nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in a 1-day-old male neonate, who was fullterm and suffered from congestive heart failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Two dimensional echocardiogram showed secondum typy of ASD with a large mass arising from the tricuspid valve. At autopsy, this lesion revealed that a large vegetation, which was attached to atrial surface of the tricuspid valve. Microscopically, the vegetation was composed of fibrin-platelet thrombi and no inflammatory cells were seen. A brief review of related literatures was made.