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Eight months after sustaining a reversible left motor hemisyndrome, predominantly of the arm, a 47-year-old man known to have hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler's disease) again developed neurological symptoms (headache, vertigo, unsteady gait) with fever (up to 38.5 degrees C). Clinical features and findings on computed tomography indicated a cerebellar abscess. This was resected because it continued to enlarge despite antibiotic treatment with daily 2 g ceftriaxone and twice daily 0.5 g ornidazole. As another manifestation of Osler's disease further tests revealed an arteriovenous malformation (2.5 x 2.0 cm) in the right upper lobe of the lung, presumably the cause of the cerebral abscess. After wedge resection of the anterior upper lobe segment the further course was without complications.
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PMID:[Brain abscess as a complication of Osler's disease with lung involvement]. 193 26

We report the case of a 44-year-old woman, suffering from lethal cerebritis of the temporal lobe caused by an unusual chronic otitis media with granulations. A chronic inflammatory process of the left temporal bone had affected the patient over a period of 4 years. This had started with mastoiditis accompanied by a lesion of the dura mater, leading to labyrinthitis, encephalitis and cerebellar abscess. The patient's symptoms persisted, especially vertigo and uncertainty, and then deteriorated acutely. MRI showed otogenic cerebritis. Intracranial bleeding from vasculitis had worsened the patient's condition, finally resulting in the patient's death. This case impressively demonstrates that a cerebral abscess can cause acute worsening of general complaints associated with ear disease and results in a fatal outcome at any stage.
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PMID:[Chronic inflammation of the petrous bone with fatal outcome]. 1076 15