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 ==Libman-Sacks endocarditis==
 ===General===
-*Associated with [[systemic lupus erythematosus]].<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/libman-sacks+endocarditis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/libman-sacks+endocarditis]. Accessed on: 24 May 2011.</ref>
+*Associated with [[systemic lupus erythematosus]] - seen in approximately in 1/10 cases by echocardiography.<ref name=pmid19946116/>
 ===Gross===
-*Vegetation. (???)
+*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>
 ===Microscopic===