Fig

A, Nearly complete row of thrombotic vegetations along the line of closure of the mitral valve leaflets (arrows). B, Photomicrograph of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, showing bland thrombus, with virtually no inflammation in the valve cusp (c) or the thrombotic deposit (t). The thrombus is only loosely attached to the cusp (arrow).
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis