Pyogenic parenchymatous and nidus infection after embolization of an arteriovenous malformation. An unusual complication. Case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Infectious complications of cerebral angiography and of therapeutic angiographic procedures are very seldom reported. The case of an infected embolized arteriovenous malformation (AVM) by staphylococcus aureus is reported. Abscess formation became manifest seven months after the endovascular procedures. Antibiotherapy was initially started after puncturing the abscess, but finally the cure of the lesion could only be obtained by radical excision of the infected and embolized AVM, as if the persisting embolization material was promoting the infection. The modalities of infection after cerebral endovascular procedures are discussed.

publication date

  • January 1, 1993

Research

keywords

  • Brain Abscess
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Staphylococcal Infections

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0027294813

PubMed ID

  • 8333304

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 122

issue

  • 1-2