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Brain abscess complicating ischemic embolic stroke in a patient with cardiac papillary fibroelastoma – Case report and literature review
Publication date: Available online 13 May 2019Source: Journal of Clinical NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Monique Boukobza, Sarah Nahmani, Lydia Deschamps, Jean-Pierre LaissyAbstractA 72-year-old man without obvious risk factors initially presented with acute ischemic stroke and fever, without concomitant infection. Broad spectrum antibiotic therapy was initiated. Transthoracic and Transesophageal echocardiography, and cardiac MRI revealed a 20 mm round mass attached to the anterior mitral valve leaflet, suggesting the diagnosis of a benign cardiac tumor or a vegetation. At the site of infarction an abscess of 11 mm in diameter...
Source: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience - May 15, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
