Title

Brain Abscess and the Nonfenestrated Fontan Circulation

Creator(s)

Bethany Runkel, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
William B. Drake
Geetha Raghuveer, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2020

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.036; PMCID: PMC8302080

Abstract

Brain abscess is a rare but life-threatening condition. Intracardiac or extracardiac right-to-left shunting in patients with unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, or venovenous collaterals allows microbes unfiltered access to the brain. Brain abscess must be considered when cyanotic patients present with headache.

Journal Title

JACC: Case Reports

Volume

2

Issue

7

First Page

1029

Last Page

1032

Keywords

AVM, arteriovenous malformation; CT, computed tomography; Fontan; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; brain abscess; cyanosis

Comments

This is an open access article under the CC by NC-ND-License: (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publisher's Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920304447?via%3Dihub

Recommended Citation

Runkel BG, Drake WB, Raghuveer G. Brain Abscess and the Nonfenestrated Fontan Circulation. JACC Case Rep. 2020;2(7):1029-1032. Published 2020 Jun 17. doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.036