Brain abscess associated with isolated left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium in the absence of coronary sinus and atrial septal defect

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 454-456

  Erol, Ilknur ^a   Cetin, I Ilker ^a   Alehan, Füsun ^a   Varan, Birgül ^a   Ozkan, Süleyman ^a   Agildere, A Muhtesem ^a   Tokel, Kursad ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGENESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; CORONARY SINUS; CRANIOTOMY; CYANOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN MALFORMATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33645795074     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0082-4     Document Type: Article

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