Multimodality Imaging of Gonococcal Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis
Michael Gomes, Denae Moore · 2026
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Michael Gomes and Denae Moore report gonococcal illness of the lung valve, a rare and aggressive form of endocarditis. In 2026, the case concerns a thirty-seven-year-old man with several days of fever, chills, night sweats, and muscle pain, plus a new systolic murmur. Blood cultures grew Neisseria gonorrhoeae, showed by molecular testing, with a possible coexisting Bartonella illness.
Transthoracic echocardiography found a mobile lung valve vegetation with severe regurgitation, while CT showed splenic tissue death and septic lung emboli with bleeding, and PET showed active valvular illness. Transesophageal imaging was deferred because of food pipe varices. The case illustrates multimodality imaging when right-sided disease and embolic troubles dominate.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Michael Gomes, Denae Moore |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |