title: Vegetation on patent foramen ovale presenting as a cryptogenic brain abscess.
abstract: This paper describes a case of 51-year-old man with a vegetation on his patent foramen ovale presenting with a cryptogenic brain abscess. He received surgical evacuation and was successfully managed with septal occlusion. This is the first reported case of cryptogenic brain abscess caused by a vegetation on a patent foramen ovale directly documented with transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.forename: Fu-Chung
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yung-Zu
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Shih-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Thau-Yun
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Ho-Pang
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chien-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed