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A patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mitral valve infective endocarditis developed cerebral and bilateral lower extremity septic emboli requiring early surgery.
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This case highlights the complex management and surgical risks of infective endocarditis in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
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Alerts to elevated surgical risks in Ehlers-Danlos patients with endocarditis; leaves open evidence-based guidelines for this rare comorbidity.
We report a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mitral valve infective endocarditis. The case was complicated due to multiorgan involvement and initially diagnosed as hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The patient was transferred to our hospital with cerebral septic emboli and bilateral lower extremity emboli requiring early surgery. Complications of this syndrome and surgical risks are discussed in this report.
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Jiao et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mitral valve infective endocarditis (n=1). Early surgery was evaluated. A patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mitral valve infective endocarditis developed cerebral and bilateral lower extremity septic emboli requiring early surgery.
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