The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985; 33(5): 319-321DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014151 Case Report © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula in Association with Recurrent Cerebral Abscess J. R. P. Gibbons1 , T. E. Mcllrath2 , I. C. Bailey3 1Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2Department of Radiology, and 3Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article All articles of this category Summary Cerebral abscess secondary to a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is rare, but a definite entity. A case is reported of a woman treated for a cerebral abscess on 2 separate occasions, where a right lower lobectomy and removal of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula has resulted in cure. Key words Cerebral abscess - Cerebral embolism - Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula PDF (908 kb)
