Pathology · Cardiovascular System · Medium
Vegetation
Meaning: Mass of platelets, fibrin and microbes attached to a heart valve in infective endocarditis.
In practice: Echocardiography showed a vegetation on the mitral valve of the patient with fever and a new murmur.
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