Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case Report

ABSTRACT An aortic periannular abscess (PA) is a critical consequence of infective endocarditis (IE). In our case report, the patient's clinical symptoms were only fever, cough, and shortness of breath. He was then diagnosed with aortic PA, which was overlooked in the initial TTE assessment but...

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Main Authors: Wenjuan He, Yudong Peng, Yan Yi, Han Hu, Jinzhi Lu, Keming Chen, Qingsong Zeng
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Published: Wiley 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70114
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description ABSTRACT An aortic periannular abscess (PA) is a critical consequence of infective endocarditis (IE). In our case report, the patient's clinical symptoms were only fever, cough, and shortness of breath. He was then diagnosed with aortic PA, which was overlooked in the initial TTE assessment but later identified through transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). The patient underwent surgery immediately and recovered well. This case underscores the importance of TEE in revealing small, yet critical, intracardiac lesions that may be missed by TTE.
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spelling doaj-art-d59bff9a1ec7408994737c54753e9af92025-01-24T05:08:46ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042025-01-01131n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.70114Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case ReportWenjuan He0Yudong Peng1Yan Yi2Han Hu3Jinzhi Lu4Keming Chen5Qingsong Zeng6Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University Jingzhou ChinaDepartment of Ultrasound The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University Jingzhou ChinaDepartment of Ultrasound The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University Jingzhou ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology Jingmen Cental Hospital, Jingmen Cental Hospital Affiliated to Jingchu University of Technology Jingmen ChinaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei Clinical Medicine Research Center for Individualized Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University Jingzhou ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University Jingzhou ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University Jingzhou ChinaABSTRACT An aortic periannular abscess (PA) is a critical consequence of infective endocarditis (IE). In our case report, the patient's clinical symptoms were only fever, cough, and shortness of breath. He was then diagnosed with aortic PA, which was overlooked in the initial TTE assessment but later identified through transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). The patient underwent surgery immediately and recovered well. This case underscores the importance of TEE in revealing small, yet critical, intracardiac lesions that may be missed by TTE.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70114aortic periannular abscesscase reportinfective endocarditissmall vegetationtransesophageal echocardiographytransthoracic echocardiography
spellingShingle Wenjuan He
Yudong Peng
Yan Yi
Han Hu
Jinzhi Lu
Keming Chen
Qingsong Zeng
Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case Report
Clinical Case Reports
aortic periannular abscess
case report
infective endocarditis
small vegetation
transesophageal echocardiography
transthoracic echocardiography
title Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case Report
title_full Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case Report
title_fullStr Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case Report
title_short Aortic Periannular Abscess Missed by Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case Report
title_sort aortic periannular abscess missed by transthoracic echocardiography a case report
topic aortic periannular abscess
case report
infective endocarditis
small vegetation
transesophageal echocardiography
transthoracic echocardiography
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70114
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