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Case Report

Volume 9, Number 3, June 2018, pages 173-175


A Rare Case of Native Mitral Valve Bacillus Cereus Endocarditis Culminating Into a Cerebrovascular Infarction

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. (a) Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealing left frontal punctate cortical restricted diffusion with probable subtle associated T2 hyperintensity consistent with subacute to acute infarction. (b) Transesophageal echocardiography showing a severely thickened anterior leaflet of the mitral valve with a shaggy echodensity consistent with vegetation.