[Cerebellum abscess: first demonstration of undiagnosed infective endocarditis in an adult with corrected transposition arteries].
Neurological complications occur in approximately 30% of all patients with infective endocarditis and represent a major factor associated with an increased mortality rate. Third of these complications is represented by cerebral embolism, followed by mycotic aneurysm, meningitis or meningoencephalitis. Brain abscesses are rare; their localization to the cerebellum is exceptional. A case of cerebellum abscess occurring in a 34-year-old patient with non-operated corrected transposition of the great arteries is reported. Occurrence of this abscess was the first demonstration of undiagnosed infective endocarditis.
Oudghiri
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Réanimation des urgences chirurgicales, hôpital Ibn-Sina, Rabat, Maroc.
Faroudy
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M
Mosadik
A
A
Sbihi
S
S
Ababou
A
A
Lazreq
C
C
Sbihi
A
A
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*