Brain Abscess Associated with Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation
- Author:
Eu Jene CHOI
1
;
Sung Hoon KIM
;
Dong Won YANG
;
Young Min SHON
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sonogung@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Brain abscess;
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation;
Periodontitis;
Convulsion;
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- MeSH:
Animals;
Arteriovenous Malformations;
Brain;
Brain Abscess;
Cats;
Emergencies;
Headache;
Meningitis;
Periodontitis;
Seizures;
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic;
Thorax
- From:Journal of Korean Epilepsy Society
2012;16(2):70-73
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are induced right to left shunt and if untreated properly, those may cause severe neurological problems. A 35-year-old man who had a headache checked into an emergency room to define a brain abscess in his brain with CAT scan as well as to examine suspicious two PAVMs in his chest X-ray. Not long after the surgical management of the brain abscess, he suffered recurrent convulsive movements. We would proceed to operate his PAVMs to prevent recurrent critical neurologic complications such as brain abscess or meningitis.
