Familial cerebral abscesses caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

In case of a cerebral abscess without known cause, Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) screening should be performed. If PAVM(s) is identified, Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is very likely and should always be considered. This case shows the benefit of familial screening for H...

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Autores principales: Tørring, Pernille Mathiesen, Lauridsen, Mathilde Faurholdt, i Dali, Christine, Andersen, Poul Erik, Ousager, Lillian Bomme, Brusgaard, Klaus, Kjeldsen, Anette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28588815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.785
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author Tørring, Pernille Mathiesen
Lauridsen, Mathilde Faurholdt
i Dali, Christine
Andersen, Poul Erik
Ousager, Lillian Bomme
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Kjeldsen, Anette
author_facet Tørring, Pernille Mathiesen
Lauridsen, Mathilde Faurholdt
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description In case of a cerebral abscess without known cause, Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) screening should be performed. If PAVM(s) is identified, Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is very likely and should always be considered. This case shows the benefit of familial screening for HHT and PAVM.
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spelling pubmed-54579962017-06-06 Familial cerebral abscesses caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Tørring, Pernille Mathiesen Lauridsen, Mathilde Faurholdt i Dali, Christine Andersen, Poul Erik Ousager, Lillian Bomme Brusgaard, Klaus Kjeldsen, Anette Clin Case Rep Case Reports In case of a cerebral abscess without known cause, Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) screening should be performed. If PAVM(s) is identified, Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is very likely and should always be considered. This case shows the benefit of familial screening for HHT and PAVM. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5457996/ /pubmed/28588815 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.785 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Brusgaard, Klaus
Kjeldsen, Anette
Familial cerebral abscesses caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
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