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Title: What's the Diagnosis?

Category: Visual Diagnosis

Posted: 4/17/2013 by Haney Mallemat, MD

Question

35 year-old female presents with fever and hypotension. Bedside ultrasound is performed and is shown here. What's the diagnosis? 

Answer

Answer: Aortic valve vegetation secondary to infective endocarditis. 

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