BACKGROUND: Right-to-left vascular shunts are associated with brain abscess. CASE REPORT: We present a 47-year-old female with a cryptogenic left thalamic abscess on which Streptococcus mitis grew upon aspiration. Computed tomography of the chest with contrast agent revealed an anomalous connection between the left superior pulmonary and brachiocephalic veins. A right-to-left shunt was confirmed in a transthoracic echocardiogram study in which bubbles were injected into the left arm; this shunt had not previously been noted upon right-arm injection. CONCLUSIONS: We recommend aggressive evaluation for right-to-left shunts in patients who present with cryptogenic brain abscesses. In addition to imaging, this should include a bubble-based stud...
Brain abscess is a collection of pus with a vascular capsule beginning as a cerebritis at its early ...
Background Congenital thoracic venous anomalies (CTVAs) with right-to-left shunt constitute an uncom...
AbstractWe describe the unique CT and MRI findings of a young woman presenting with cerebral abscess...
Background: Cerebral abscess is a recognised complication of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (...
Brain abscess, a severe intracranial infectious disease, refers to the parenchyma abscess caused by ...
Introduction: Cryptogenic stroke is present in about 40% of ischemic stroke patients. Extracardiac s...
SummaryBrain abscesses have cardiac etiology in 5% of cases with valvular heart disease and endocard...
INTRODUCTION: Cryptogenic stroke is present in about 40% of ischemic stroke patients. Extracardiac ...
Infection-related cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare cerebral vascular diseases which...
Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction is associated with the gradual development of venous collateral...
With the growing use of imaging to aid in both diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting with a...
Background: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is a rare congenital defect where ...
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) are rare pulmonary vascular anomalies. Although most pa...
AbstractWe describe a case of a systemic-to-pulmonary venous shunt secondary to superior vena cava o...
We report the CT findings in a case of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) from the le...
Brain abscess is a collection of pus with a vascular capsule beginning as a cerebritis at its early ...
Background Congenital thoracic venous anomalies (CTVAs) with right-to-left shunt constitute an uncom...
AbstractWe describe the unique CT and MRI findings of a young woman presenting with cerebral abscess...
Background: Cerebral abscess is a recognised complication of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (...
Brain abscess, a severe intracranial infectious disease, refers to the parenchyma abscess caused by ...
Introduction: Cryptogenic stroke is present in about 40% of ischemic stroke patients. Extracardiac s...
SummaryBrain abscesses have cardiac etiology in 5% of cases with valvular heart disease and endocard...
INTRODUCTION: Cryptogenic stroke is present in about 40% of ischemic stroke patients. Extracardiac ...
Infection-related cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare cerebral vascular diseases which...
Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction is associated with the gradual development of venous collateral...
With the growing use of imaging to aid in both diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting with a...
Background: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is a rare congenital defect where ...
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) are rare pulmonary vascular anomalies. Although most pa...
AbstractWe describe a case of a systemic-to-pulmonary venous shunt secondary to superior vena cava o...
We report the CT findings in a case of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) from the le...
Brain abscess is a collection of pus with a vascular capsule beginning as a cerebritis at its early ...
Background Congenital thoracic venous anomalies (CTVAs) with right-to-left shunt constitute an uncom...
AbstractWe describe the unique CT and MRI findings of a young woman presenting with cerebral abscess...