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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |