BRAIN-ABSCESS AND HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA - A REPORT OF3 CASES

Authors
ELHOUCHEIMI I HARDWIDGE C WALTER P JALALUDDIN M
Citation
I. Elhoucheimi et al., BRAIN-ABSCESS AND HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA - A REPORT OF3 CASES, British journal of neurosurgery, 12(1), 1998, pp. 15-17
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
15 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1998)12:1<15:BAHHT->2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) has long been viewed as a rare disease which is not usually associated with high morbidity and mortality. We report three patients with HHT who developed cerebral ab scesses secondary to pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM).