Brain abscess and Rendu-Osler-Weber disease. Case report and review of the literature

J Neurosurg Sci. 2007 Jun;51(2):77-9.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / complications*
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / pathology*
  • Brain Abscess / complications*
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy
  • Brain Abscess / pathology
  • Brain Infarction / complications
  • Craniotomy
  • Diplopia / etiology
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism / complications
  • Intracranial Embolism / pathology
  • Intracranial Embolism / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occipital Lobe / microbiology
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology
  • Occipital Lobe / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / complications*
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / pathology
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / physiopathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin