Which of the following is NOT characteristic for Libman-Sacks endocarditis?
a. Deposition of only sterile fibrin and platelets on cardiac valves
b. Small sterile vegetations on mitral & tricuspid valves.
c. Vegetations consist of finely granular eosinophilic material +- fibrinoid necrosis of the valve
d. Associated with the presence of antiphospholipid anti-bodies in patients with Systemic lupus erythematosus.
e. May lead to valve incompetence