Brain abscess caused by pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas without Rendu-Osler-Weber disease.
Intern Med
; 48(6): 485-7, 2009.
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| ID: mdl-19293552
A 52-year-old man was admitted with a brain abscess in the left basal ganglia. He had a paradoxical brain embolic mechanism owing to a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) and was diagnosed as having a right-to-left shunt by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and transcranial color Doppler (TCD) with saline contrast medium. We determined that the brain abscess was caused by the PAVFs without Rendu-Osler-Weber disease. TEE and TCD with saline contrast medium were very useful for identifying the presence of the right-to-left shunt that caused the brain abscess.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Arteria Pulmonar
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Venas Pulmonares
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Telangiectasia Hemorrágica Hereditaria
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Absceso Encefálico
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Fístula Arteriovenosa
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Intern Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Japón