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BACKGROUND: Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis (NBTE) is characterized by the formation of sterile vegetations on the heart valves, often due to an underlying hypercoagulable state in the setting of malignancy, inflammation, or autoimmun…

Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is a basic diagnostic technique used to investigate superficial and deep swellings. Rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) using toluidine blue (TB) is easily available, cheap, cost-effective, can be used both…