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CEREBRAL ABSCESS: MANIFESTATION OF PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS
Author(s) -
FENELEY M. P.,
BURNS M. W.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1983.tb04659.x
Subject(s) - medicine , brain abscess , abscess , surgery , telangiectasia , surgical resection , resection , radiology
Two cases in which cerebral abscess was the initial presenting feature of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are reported. Cerebral abscess recurred in one patient. The pulmonary malformations were multiple and bilateral in both cases. One patient had associated features of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Surgical resection of the largest malformations was performed in both cases. Cerebral abscess did not recur in either case post‐operatively, though this may not have been due to surgical intervention.