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case_images: (a) Finger D3 of the right hand at admission and (b) finger D3 of the right hand one day after admission.
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case_images: The fingertip of D3 on her right hand (Figure 1(a)) was livid with a wound (1 cm x 0.3 cm) between the first and the second phalanx. The affected finger developed necrosis and had to be amputated (Figure 1(b)).
case_images: Mottling of the patient's legs on admission (mottling score 4).
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case_images: Both of her legs (Figure 2) showed profound mottling up to the groin with a mottling score of four points.
case_images: (a) Endocarditic lesion (4 x 5 mm) on the anterior mitral valve leaflet in the transesophageal view and (b) transesophageal echocardiographic control 8 weeks after diagnosis of endocarditis without detection of vegetation on the mitral valve.
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case_images: A transesophageal ultrasound was performed and a diagnosis of mitral valve endocarditis of the anterior leaflet was made, and the size of the vegetation was 4 x 5 mm (Figure 3(a)). Eight weeks after the initial echocardiography, the endocarditis vegetations were no longer detectable (Figure 3(b)).