06 February 2023>: Articles
Mitral Valve Replacement for Enlarged Libman-Sacks Endocarditis in a Patient with Persistent Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Recurrent Stroke: A Case Report
Unusual setting of medical care, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Katsuya Takeuchi B , Tesseki Izumi A* , Hitoki Nanaura B , Nanami Yamada B , Yoshihiro Hayata B , Chiho Obayashi B , Kazuma Sugie BDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938930
Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e938930
Figure 3. (A) Macroscopy of the mitral vegetation in the tissue sample of the patient. (B) Hematoxylin & eosin stain of the histopathological mitral vegetation tissue showing an organized fibrin thrombus with no neutrophilic infiltration (×20 magnification), consistent with Libman-Sacks endocarditis.