Silent Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Right-to-Left Shunt as a Unique Cause of Recurrent Brain Abscesses

We present a novel case of recurrent brain abscesses found to be the result of a silent congenital right-to-left extracardiac shunt, a persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium. The patient’s brain abscess was evacuated surgically and treated with antibiotics, and his shunt wa...

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Autores principales: Spier, Addie B, David, Diana, Al Zoubi, Moamen, Taylor, Montoya, Evans, Colin E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35493120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac160

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35493120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac160

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