Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Evolution and Regression of Intracranial Infectious Aneurysm Diagnosed by Brain Computed Tomographic Angiography

Evolution and Regression of Intracranial Infectious Aneurysm Diagnosed by Brain Computed... IMAGES IN NEUROLOGY Evolution and Regression of Intracranial Infectious Aneurysm Diagnosed by Brain Computed Tomographic Angiography 55-YEAR-OLD MAN COMMENT Author Affiliations: Department of presented with high Radiology, National Yang-Ming Uni- fever, severe head- An intracranial infectious aneu- versity School of Medicine, Veter- rysm is a rare complication of ans General Hospital–Kaohsiung, ache, and right A infective endocarditis, with an inci- Kaohsiung, Taiwan. hemiparesis that dence of 3%. The treatment and Correspondence:DrLai,Department lasted 1 week. He had been management of cerebral infectious of Radiology, National Yang-Ming addicted to heroin for 1 year. aneurysm are controversial. Some UniversitySchoolofMedicine,Veter- Physical examination revealed a physicians have said that aggres- ansGeneralHospital–Kaohsiung,386 grade IV/VI apical systolic murmur sive antibiotic therapy is indicated Ta-Chung First Rd, Kaohsiung, 813 with radiation to the left axilla. An when there are multiple infectious Taiwan (phlai@vghks.gov.tw). echocardiogram revealed mitral aneurysms and when they are not Author Contributions: Study con- regurgitation with vegetation. A easily surgically approachable. Sur- cept and design: Wu and Lai. Acqui- diagnosis of infective endocarditis gical and endovascular interven- sition of data: Wu. Drafting of the was confirmed by the isolation of tion should be considered after manuscript: Wu and Lai. Critical re- Streptococcus viridans. Initial brain http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Neurology American Medical Association

Evolution and Regression of Intracranial Infectious Aneurysm Diagnosed by Brain Computed Tomographic Angiography

JAMA Neurology , Volume 67 (9) – Sep 1, 2010

Evolution and Regression of Intracranial Infectious Aneurysm Diagnosed by Brain Computed Tomographic Angiography

Abstract

IMAGES IN NEUROLOGY Evolution and Regression of Intracranial Infectious Aneurysm Diagnosed by Brain Computed Tomographic Angiography 55-YEAR-OLD MAN COMMENT Author Affiliations: Department of presented with high Radiology, National Yang-Ming Uni- fever, severe head- An intracranial infectious aneu- versity School of Medicine, Veter- rysm is a rare complication of ans General Hospital–Kaohsiung, ache, and right A infective endocarditis, with an inci- Kaohsiung, Taiwan. hemiparesis that...
Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/evolution-and-regression-of-intracranial-infectious-aneurysm-diagnosed-WI9Oxv0CWx

References (3)

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
2168-6149
eISSN
2168-6157
DOI
10.1001/archneurol.2010.216
pmid
20837863
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

IMAGES IN NEUROLOGY Evolution and Regression of Intracranial Infectious Aneurysm Diagnosed by Brain Computed Tomographic Angiography 55-YEAR-OLD MAN COMMENT Author Affiliations: Department of presented with high Radiology, National Yang-Ming Uni- fever, severe head- An intracranial infectious aneu- versity School of Medicine, Veter- rysm is a rare complication of ans General Hospital–Kaohsiung, ache, and right A infective endocarditis, with an inci- Kaohsiung, Taiwan. hemiparesis that dence of 3%. The treatment and Correspondence:DrLai,Department lasted 1 week. He had been management of cerebral infectious of Radiology, National Yang-Ming addicted to heroin for 1 year. aneurysm are controversial. Some UniversitySchoolofMedicine,Veter- Physical examination revealed a physicians have said that aggres- ansGeneralHospital–Kaohsiung,386 grade IV/VI apical systolic murmur sive antibiotic therapy is indicated Ta-Chung First Rd, Kaohsiung, 813 with radiation to the left axilla. An when there are multiple infectious Taiwan (phlai@vghks.gov.tw). echocardiogram revealed mitral aneurysms and when they are not Author Contributions: Study con- regurgitation with vegetation. A easily surgically approachable. Sur- cept and design: Wu and Lai. Acqui- diagnosis of infective endocarditis gical and endovascular interven- sition of data: Wu. Drafting of the was confirmed by the isolation of tion should be considered after manuscript: Wu and Lai. Critical re- Streptococcus viridans. Initial brain

Journal

JAMA NeurologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Sep 1, 2010

There are no references for this article.