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SLE mitral and tricuspid valve vegetations are?

A
Salmon patch
B
Libmann sach's disease
C
Janeway lesions
D
Oslers nodes
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'b' i.e., Libmann sach's disease Endocarditis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Libman-Sach's Disease)Mitral and tricuspid valvulitis with small, sterile vegetations, called Libman-Sach's endocarditis, is occasionally encountered in systemic lupus erythematosus.Due to the use of steriods, the incidence of this complication has been greatly reduced.The lesions are small (1 to 4 mm in diameter), single or multiple, sterile, pink vegetations with a way (verrucous) appearance located on the undersurfaces of the atrioventricular valves, on the valvuar endocardium, on the chords, or on the mural endocardium of atria or ventricles.

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