Intraparenchymal Brain Abscess in an Adult Male With Underlying Ebstein Anomaly and Cor Triatriatum Dexter

Andrei Minciunescu, MD; Emmanuel Ekanem, MD; Bradley Nitta, MD; Felix Castro, MD; Hussain Dhanani, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2021)

Intraparenchymal Brain Abscess in an Adult Male With Underlying Ebstein Anomaly and Cor Triatriatum Dexter

Andrei Minciunescu, MD,
Emmanuel Ekanem, MD,
Bradley Nitta, MD,
Felix Castro, MD,
Hussain Dhanani, MD

Affiliations

Andrei Minciunescu, MD: Department of General Internal Medicine, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Andrei Minciunescu, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Department of Medicine, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, Virginia 22042, USA.
Emmanuel Ekanem, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Bradley Nitta, MD: Department of General Internal Medicine, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Felix Castro, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Hussain Dhanani, MD: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 194 – 197

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A 21-year-old man presented with new-onset seizures and brain abscess. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed underlying Ebstein anomaly, secundum atrial septal defect, and cor triatriatum dexter. The elevated right heart pressures shunting through the septal defect and transient bacteremia were the likely mechanisms for his presentation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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