Infective-endocarditis: What is non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis?

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1. Infective-endocarditis: What is non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis?

Sterile small non-destructive vegetations, present at 1-2% of autopsies, associated with hypercoagulation states esp pancreatic carcinoma also called marantic endocarditis
E.g for sulfasalazine ha, nausea, abdominal discomfort, diarrhoea, fever, rash, blood dyscrasias (gr. dyscrasia = bad temperament, medically meaning bad mix/composition) e.g aplastic anaemia, hepatitis, pancreatitis, oligospermia (for sulphasalazine only) may cause acute haemolysis in patients with g6pd deficiency
Intestinal e.g acute appendicitis, pud, obstruction hepatobilary e.g pancreatitis, gall stones, hepatitis urological e.g renal colic, uti, testicular torsion vascular e.g aaa, ischaemic colitis gynaecological e.g ectopic pregnancy, ruptured ovarian cyst, endometriosis medical e.g pneumonia, mi, diabetes, herpes zoster, sickle cell, syphilis/porphyria
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