Mitral Valve Replacement for Enlarged Libman-Sacks Endocarditis in a Patient with Persistent Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Recurrent Stroke: A Case Report

Katsuya Takeuchi; Tesseki Izumi; Hitoki Nanaura; Nanami Yamada; Yoshihiro Hayata; Chiho Obayashi; Kazuma Sugie

doi:10.12659/AJCR.938930

06 February 2023 : Case report Japan

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^1BC, Tesseki Izumi^1ABDEF*, Hitoki Nanaura^1B, Nanami Yamada^1B, Yoshihiro Hayata^2BD, Chiho Obayashi^3BD, Kazuma Sugie^1BD

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938930

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e938930

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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.

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Mitral Valve Replacement for Enlarged Libman-Sacks Endocarditis in a Patient with Persistent Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Recurrent Stroke: A Case Report

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