Brain abscess and congenital heart disease.

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Article1 September 1950BRAIN ABSCESS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASEROBERT F. MARONDE, M.D.ROBERT F. MARONDE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-3-602 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere is a sparsity of reports in the medical literature concerning the syndrome of brain abscess and congenital heart disease. This has led to a general belief that cerebral suppuration is a relatively uncommon complication in persons with congenital cardiovascular anomalies. At the present time the literature contains reports of 28 instances of this syndrome which have been studied at necropsy and which had no evidence of bacterial endocarditis. These have been well summarized by several authors.1, 2, 3Two other cases with bacterial endocarditis have also been reported.1, 4There have been three cases representing brain abscess in persons...Bibliography1. Hanna R: Cerebral abscess and paradoxical embolism associated with congenital heart disease; report of seven cases, with a review of the literature, Am. J. Dis. Child. 62: 555, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Robbins SL: Brain abscess associated with congenital heart disease, Arch. Int. Med. 75: 279, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GatesRogersEdwards EMHMJE: The syndrome of cerebral abscess and congenital heart disease, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 22: 401, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Stone WH: St. Thomas Hosp. Rep. 56: 811, 1881, cited by Rabinowitz, M. A., Weinstein, J., and Marcus, D.: Am. Heart J. 7: 790, 1932. Google Scholar5. WechslerKaplan ISA: Cerebral abscess (paradoxical) accompanying congenital heart disease, Arch. Int. Med. 66: 1282, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SmolikBlattnerHays EARJFM: Brain abscess associated with congenital heart disease; report of a case with complete recovery, J. A. M. A. 130: 145, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. Graff RA: Experimental production of abscess of the brain in cats, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 31: 199, 1934. Google Scholar8. HirshVivinoMerrilDowling HLJJAHF: Effect of prophylactically administered penicillin on incidence of bacteremia following extraction of teeth, Arch. Int. Med. 81: 868, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BingVandamGray RJLDFD: Physiological studies in congenital heart disease. II. Results of preoperative studies in patients with tetralogy of Fallot, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 80: 121, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. HandelsmanBingCambellGriswold JCRJJAHE: Physiological studies in congenital heart disease. V. The circulation in patients with isolated septal defects, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 82: 615, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication July 5, 1949.From the Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County Hospital.Since this paper was submitted for publication there has appeared an excellent summary of the literature with the presentation of two other cases of brain abscesses associated with congenital heart disease (Sancetta, S. M. and Zimmerman, H. A.: Circulation 1: 593, 1950). PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPyogenic Thalamic Brain Abscess in the Setting of a Ventricular Septal DefectCerebral Lesions in Congenital Cardiac DiseaseBrain abscess in congenital cyanotic heart diseaseSuppuration cérébrale aiguë à Hemophilus aphrophilusBrain abscess and congenital heart diseaseCerebral Lesions in Congenital Cardiac DiseaseHematogenous brain abscess in cyanotic congenital heart diseaseClinical pathologic conferenceDie eitrige EncephalitisCoexistent Atrial and Ventricular Septal DefectsParalysis, Incoordination and Involuntary MovementsBrain Abscess in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: IRuptur von Hirnabscessen nach PneumencephalographieDirect Communication of a Pulmonary Artery with the Left AtriumBrain abscess in association with cyanotic heart diseaseBrain Abscess in Cyanotic Congenital Heart DiseaseDIAGNOSIS OF BRAIN ABSCESS IN INFANTS AND CHILDRENINCIDENCE OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN SINGAPOREAngeborene Herz- und GefäßmißbildungenHirnveränderungen bei septischen und pyämischen Erkrankungen und fortgeleiteten eitrigen ProzessenThe early definitive diagnosis of patients with congenital heart diseaseThe Demyelinating Diseases and Recent Advances in this FieldTransposition of Ventricles and Arterial Stems with Cerebral AbscessCEREBRAL ABSCESS IN CYANOTIC 1 September 1950Volume 33, Issue 3Page: 602-606KeywordsAbscessesBrainCongenital heart diseaseEndocarditisHospital medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...