Synonyms: marantic ("wasting away") endocarditis, degenerative verrucal endocarditis, Libman-Sacks endocarditis (in SLE)
Causes of nonbacterial endocarditis:
(1) carcinomas
(2) connective tissue disorders
(3) other chronic diseases
Carcinomas associated with nonbacterial endocarditis:
(1) pancreatic carcinoma
(2) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
(3) ovarian cancer
(4) lung cancer
(5) malignant lymphoma
(6) mucinous adenocarcinoma
(7) breast cancer
(8) prostate cancer
(9) colon cancer
(10) hepatoma
(11) esophageal carcinoma
(12) gastric cancer
(13) malignant melanoma
(14) myeloproliferative disorder
Connective tissue disorders associated with nonbacterial endocarditis:
(1) systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
(2) antiphospholipid syndrome
(3) giant cell arteritis
Other chronic diseases associated with nonbacterial endocarditis:
(1) diabetes
(2) cirrhosis
