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case_images: ECHO view of vegetative growth over the mitral posterior leaflet (arrow).
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case_images: F1
case_images: Although the patient did not fulfill the criteria for a definitive diagnosis of IE according to the Duke Clinical Criteria for IE, he did meet one major [positive echocardiographic (ECHO) evidence, Figure 1] and two minor criteria (a fever of 38  C and predisposing effect of hemodialysis) for the diagnosis.
case_images: Abdominal CT view of encapsulated hypodense splenic lesion suggestive of splenic infarction (arrow).
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case_images: F2
case_images: Abdominal CT incidentally revealed encapsulated hypodense splenic lesions (-7 cm), which were suggestive of splenic infarction (Figure 2).
case_images: Brain MRI view of lesion suggestive of brain infarction with bright signal intensity on diffusion-weighted (A) and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted (B) images in the right fronto-parieto-occipital cerebral area (arrows).
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case_images: F3
case_images: The lesion had bright signal intensity on diffusion- weighted and contrast-enhanced Tl-weighted images in the right fronto-parieto-occipital cerebral area (Figure 3).