Brain abscess in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Case report and literature review

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), or Osler–Weber–Rendu disease, affects multiple organ systems. Brain abscess is a potential complication, and this disease carries a high mortality. In the setting of HHT the abscess most likely results from paradoxical septic emboli or bacterial seeding o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of emergency medicine 2001-04, Vol.20 (3), p.247-251
Hauptverfasser:	Dong, Sandy L, Reynolds, Stuart F, Steiner, Ivan P
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences brain abscess Brain Abscess - diagnostic imaging Brain Abscess - etiology Brain Abscess - surgery hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous Neurology Osler Weber Rendu syndrome Radiography Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic - complications Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic - diagnosis Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic - physiopathology
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