Flat vegetations in pockets of valves are due to -: (A) Rheumatic hea disease, (B) Libman sacks Endocarditis, (C) NBTE, (D) Infective endocarditis
Answer is B. Characterised by presence of Sterile vegetation on the valves of patient with SLE. THE lesion probably develops as a consequence of immune complex deposition and thus exhibit associated inflammation often with fibrinoid necrosis of the valve substance adjacent to the vegetation Robbins 9 th edition page no. 395