
Paciente de 35 anos de idade foi atendido em Serviço de Emergência com seis horas de dor em fossa ilíaca direita e febre. Feita hipótese diagnóstica de apendicite aguda e realizada laparotomia exploradora. com apendicectomia. O paciente retornou ao hospital três dias após alta hospitalar. prostrado. febril. com alteração de fala. diminuição de nível de consciência e com hemiparesia completa à esquerda. CT scan de crânio e punção de líquor normal. RMN de encéfalo revelou aspectos compatíveis com AVC isquêmico vertebro-basilar. Ecocardiograma transesofágico demonstrou vegetação em valva aórtica e insuficiência aórtica moderada e hemoculturas foram positivas para Enterococcus bovis.Paciente de 35 años de edad ingresó en el servicio de emergencia con seis horas de dolor en fosa ilíaca derecha y fiebre. Se llevó a cabo la hipótesis diagnóstica de apendicitis aguda y realizada laparotomía exploradora, con apendicectomía. El paciente regresó al hospital tres días tras alta hospitalaria, prostrado, febril, con alteración de habla, disminución de nivel de conciencia y con hemiparesia izquierda completa. Scanner de cráneo y punción de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) normal. RMN de encéfalo reveló aspectos compatibles con ACV isquémico vertebrobasilar. El ecocardiograma transesofágico demostró vegetación en válvula aórtica y insuficiencia aórtica moderada y hemocultivos fueron positivas para Enterococcus bovis.A 35-year-old patient was seen in an Emergency Department. with six hours of pain in the right iliac fossa and fever. The hypothesis diagnosis was acute appendicitis and an exploring laparotomy for appendectomy was carried out. The patient returned to the hospital three days after having been discharged. debilitated. feverish. having alterations in speech. reduction in the level of consciousness and complete hemiparesis to the left. The computed tomography scan of the skull and the liquor puncture were normal. Cerebral magnetic resonance image showed aspects compatible with vertebrobasilar ischemic stroke. Transesphofagic echocardiogram showed vegetation of the aortic valve and moderate aortic insufficiency. Blood cultures were positive for Enterococcus bovis.
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dolor abdominal, Endocarditis, abdome agudo, abdomen agudo, abdominal pain, dor abdominal, embolism, Endocardite bacteriana, Endocarditis bacteriana, RC666-701, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, bacterial, abdomen acute
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