Brain abscess and Rendu-Osler-Weber disease. Case report and review of the literature

Autor:	S, Ulivieri, G, Oliveri, G, Filosomi
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Brain Infarction Male Headache Brain Abscess Middle Aged Pulmonary Artery Magnetic Resonance Imaging Anti-Bacterial Agents Intracranial Embolism Arterio-Arterial Fistula Vancomycin Diplopia Humans Telangiectasia Hereditary Hemorrhagic Occipital Lobe Tomography X-Ray Computed Craniotomy
Zdroj:	Journal of neurosurgical sciences. 51(2)
ISSN:	0390-5616
Popis:	The case of a 51-year-old man presented with intermittent diplopia, headache and family history of Rendu-Olser-Weber disease , also defined heredirary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), is described. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed an enhancing right occipital mass with surrounding edema. Computerized tomography of the chest identified pulmonary arteriovenous fistlae. The physiopathology of HHT and the treatment of the cerebral lesions are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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