The symptoms of infective endocarditis include many hemorrhagic signs such as osler's node, janeway lesion, roth's spot etc. what is the mechanism behind this?
Infective endocarditis
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Janeway lesions are septic emboli
Osler nodes are immune complex deposition
Roth looks like Koplic spots but on retina and caused by immune complex mediated vasculitis
Thank God we have Wikipedia in 2015!
Osler nodes are immune complex deposition
Roth looks like Koplic spots but on retina and caused by immune complex mediated vasculitis
Thank God we have Wikipedia in 2015!
