NBTE usually occurs during a hypercoagulable state such as system-wide bacterial infection, or pregnancy, though it is also sometimes seen in patients with venous catheters. NBTE may also occur in patients with cancers, particularly mucinous adenocarcinoma where Trousseau syndrome can be encountered. Typically NBTE does not cause many problems on its own, but parts of the vegetations may break off and embolize to the heart or brain, or they may serve as a focus where bacteria can lodge, thus causing infective endocarditis.Another form of sterile endocarditis is termed Libman–Sacks endocarditis; this form occurs more often in patients with lupus erythematosus and is thought to be due to the deposition of immune complexes. Like NBTE, Libman-Sacks endocarditis involves small vegetations, while infective endocarditis is composed of large vegetations. These immune complexes precipitate an inflammation reaction, which helps to differentiate it from NBTE. Also unlike NBTE, Libman-Sacks endocarditis does not seem to have a preferred location of deposition and may form on the undersurfaces of the valves or even on the endocardium. References
Further reading
Meine TJ, Nettles RE, Anderson DJ, Cabell CH, Corey GR, Sexton DJ, Wang A (2001). "Cardiac conduction abnormalities in endocarditis defined by the Duke criteria". American Heart Journal. 142 (2): 280–285. doi:10.1067/mhj.2001.116964. PMID 11479467. Tissières P, Gervaix A, Beghetti M, Jaeggi ET (2003). "Value and limitations of the von Reyn, Duke, and modified Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis in children". Pediatrics. 112 (6 Pt 1): e467–e471. doi:10.1542/peds.112.6.e467. PMID 14654647. External links

Endocarditis at Curlie
Anetoderma is a localized laxity of the skin with herniation or outpouching resulting from abnormal dermal elastic tissue. Anetoderma comes in three types:

Primary anetoderma
Jadassohn–Pellizzari anetoderma is a benign condition with focal loss of dermal elastic tissue. Jadassohn-Pellizzari is one of two major classifications of primary anetoderma, the other being Schweninger–Buzzi anetoderma. The difference between the two is that Jadassohn–Pellizzari anetoderma is preceded by inflammatory lesions. Schweninger–Buzzi anetoderma is a cutaneous condition characterized by loss of dermal elastic tissue. Secondary anetoderma
Familial anetoderma

See also
List of cutaneous conditions

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