Vegetation on patent foramen ovale presenting as a cryptogenic brain abscess.
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.
Chen
Fu-Chung
FC
Tseng
Yung-Zu
YZ
Wu
Shih-Ping
SP
Shen
Thau-Yun
TY
Yang
Ho-Pang
HP
Chen
Chien-Cheng
CC
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