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- A 49-year-old man with infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus bovis presented with symptoms like fever, dyspnea, and a heart murmur.
- An echocardiogram showed vegetation on the mitral valve, leading to a mitral valve replacement with a bioprosthesis.
- Following surgery, a five-centimeter pulsatile mass was found in the right arm, diagnosed as an infected brachial artery aneurysm, which was successfully treated with surgery.
Article Abstract
We present a case of brachial artery infected aneurysm in a patient with infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus bovis. A 49-year-old man presented with fever dyspnea and a pansystolic murmur with irradiation to axilla. The echocardiogram revealed vegetation in native mitral valve. After mitral valve replacement with bioprosthesis, it was observed pulsatile mass of five centimeters in diameter at antecubital fossa of right upper limb. It was made the diagnosis of infected aneurysm of the brachial artery, and the surgery was performed successfully. The aim of this case report is to show a rare complication after infective endocarditis.
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