Verrucous vegetations (arrows) along the line of closure of the mitral valve leaflet in acute rheumatic mitral valvulitis superimposed on chronic rheumatic heart disease.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
verrucous — SYN: verrucose. * * * ver·ru·cous və rü kəs adj 1) VERRUCOSE <verrucous vegetations> 2) characterized by the formation of warty lesions <verrucous dermatitis> * * * ver·ru·cous (və rooґkəs) warty … Medical dictionary
verrucous carditis — a nonbacterial endocarditis marked by a continuous chain of wartlike vegetations near the line of closure of the cusps of the mitral and tricuspid valves; seen in lupus erythematosus and occasionally in scleroderma, thrombotic purpura, and other… … Medical dictionary
marantic vegetations — small, sterile, verrucous, fibrinous excrescences occurring in the left side heart valves in nonbacterial thrombotic (marantic) endocarditis … Medical dictionary
vegetation — 1. The process of growth in plants. 2. A condition of sluggishness, comparable to the inactivity of plant life. 3. A growth or excrescence of any sort. 4. Specifically, a clot, composed largely of fused blood platelets, fibrin, and sometimes… … Medical dictionary
vegetative endocarditis — verrucous endocarditis endocarditis whose characteristic lesions are vegetations or verrucae on the endocardium; it may be either infective or some other type … Medical dictionary
endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium. SYN: encarditis. abacterial thrombotic e. SYN: nonbacterial thrombotic e.. acute bacterial e. a type of severe bacterial e. caused by pyogenic organisms such as hemolytic … Medical dictionary
Libman-Sacks endocarditis — Lib·man Sacks endocarditis lib mən saks n a noninfectious form of verrucous endocarditis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus called also Libman Sacks disease, Libman Sacks syndrome Libman Emanuel (1872 1946), and Sacks Benjamin (1896… … Medical dictionary
Papilloma — A benign tumor that projects above the surface of the tissue from which it arises. Papillomas have clearcut borders and are usually small and fairly round. * * * A circumscribed, benign epithelial tumor projecting from the surrounding surface;… … Medical dictionary
pemphigus — 1. Autoimmune bullous diseases with acantholysis : p. vulgaris, p. foliaceus, p. erythematosus, or p. vegetans. 2. A nonspecific term for blistering skin diseases. [G. pemphix, a blister] benign familial … Medical dictionary
