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- THIN RIM OF CARDIAC MUSCLE WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. | - THIN RIM OF CARDIAC MUSCLE WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. | ||
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MITRAL VALVE, VALVE REPLACEMENT: | |||
- FRAGMENTS OF VALVE WITH INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS -- ABUNDANT COCCI | |||
ORGANISMS IDENTIFIED. | |||
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====Micro==== | |||
The sections show valve tissue with an attached vegetation with abundant cocci organisms | |||
and neutrophils. No calcification is apparent. | |||
=Non-infective conditions= | =Non-infective conditions= | ||