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→‎Libman-Sacks endocarditis: +another image, more description
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===Gross===
===Gross===
*Vegetations anywhere on the valve surface<ref name=pmid19946116>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Plastiras | first1 = SC. | last2 = Pamboucas | first2 = CA. | last3 = Tektonidou | first3 = M. | last4 = Toumanidis | first4 = ST. | title = Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in evaluating Libman-Sacks vegetations. | journal = Eur J Echocardiogr | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = 184-5 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1093/ejechocard/jep172 | PMID = 19946116 }}</ref> - often seen on both sides (flow surface & non-flow surface).<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|567}}</ref>  
*Vegetations anywhere on the valve surface<ref name=pmid19946116>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Plastiras | first1 = SC. | last2 = Pamboucas | first2 = CA. | last3 = Tektonidou | first3 = M. | last4 = Toumanidis | first4 = ST. | title = Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in evaluating Libman-Sacks vegetations. | journal = Eur J Echocardiogr | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = 184-5 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1093/ejechocard/jep172 | PMID = 19946116 }}</ref> - often seen on both sides (flow surface & non-flow surface).<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|567}}</ref>  
*Flat, pale brown/tan, usually small.<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CV122.html http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CV122.html]. Accessed on: 6 March 2013.</ref>


Image:
Images:
*[http://media.photobucket.com/image/nonbacterial%20thrombotic%20endocarditis/cat_at_uw/Osler%20-%20Cardiac/libman-sacks.jpg?t=1269402236 Libman-Sacks endocarditis (photobucket.com)].
*[http://media.photobucket.com/image/nonbacterial%20thrombotic%20endocarditis/cat_at_uw/Osler%20-%20Cardiac/libman-sacks.jpg?t=1269402236 Libman-Sacks endocarditis (photobucket.com)].
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CV122.html Libman-Sacks endocarditis (utah.edu)].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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