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Chest X-ray showing a consolidation at the base of the right lung (arrow).
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A chest x-ray film demonstrated a consolidation at the base of the right lung and chest CT revealed pulmonary infiltrations in both lungs, suggesting septic emboli (Figure 1,2).
Transesophageal Echo demonstrating vegetations at the pulmonary artery wall near the ductus end. MPA: Main pulmonary artery. VEG: Vegetations.
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Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) confirmed the presence of PDA and revealed multiple mobile vegetations on the pulmonary artery wall and at the pulmonary end of the PDA (Figure 3, Video - see Additional file 1).
Comparison of the size of the vegetations 25 days after antibiotic treatment, as they are seen by transesophageal Echo.
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Ten days later, her temperature normalized and after 4 weeks she underwent a new TEE, in which the vegetations were smaller but still present (no change in number of vegetations, but they appear to be brighter and 2-3 mm shorter) (Figure 4).