Brain abscess and Rendu-Osler-Weber disease. Case report and review of the literature.
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.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Santa Maria alle Scotte Hospital, Siena, Italy.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications; D003399:Craniotomy; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin