Hirnabszess als Komplikation des Morbus Osler mit Lungenbeteiligung [Brain abscess as a complication of Osler's disease with lung involvement].

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serval:BIB_CFFA1FBEACC9
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
Hirnabszess als Komplikation des Morbus Osler mit Lungenbeteiligung [Brain abscess as a complication of Osler's disease with lung involvement].
Journal
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
Author(s)
Schwitter J., Greminger P., Stingl B., Deuel W., Turina M., Siegenthaler W.
ISSN
0012-0472 (Print)
ISSN-L
0012-0472
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1991
Volume
116
Number
42
Pages
1591-1596
Language
german
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; English Abstract ; Journal Article
Abstract
Eight months after sustaining a reversible left motor hemisyndrome, predominantly of the arm, a 47-year-old man known to have hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler's disease) again developed neurological symptoms (headache, vertigo, unsteady gait) with fever (up to 38.5 degrees C). Clinical features and findings on computed tomography indicated a cerebellar abscess. This was resected because it continued to enlarge despite antibiotic treatment with daily 2 g ceftriaxone and twice daily 0.5 g ornidazole. As another manifestation of Osler's disease further tests revealed an arteriovenous malformation (2.5 x 2.0 cm) in the right upper lobe of the lung, presumably the cause of the cerebral abscess. After wedge resection of the anterior upper lobe segment the further course was without complications.
Keywords
Arteriovenous Malformations/complications, Arteriovenous Malformations/surgery, Brain Abscess/diagnosis, Brain Abscess/etiology, Humans, Lung/blood supply, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic/complications, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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