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  • Title: Brain abscess associated with congenital heart disease.
    Author: Yang SY.
    Journal: Surg Neurol; 1989 Feb; 31(2):129-32. PubMed ID: 2922650.
    Abstract:
    Between 1952 and 1985, 25 cases of brain abscess with congenital heart disease were treated at the Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical College Hospital. Patients' ages ranged from 5 to 38 years. The most common form of congenital heart disease was tetralogy of Fallot, occurring in 13 cases. The abscesses were located in the parietal, frontal, and temporal lobes. The pus from the abscesses was sterile in 13 of 19 cases. In the rest, Streptococcus was the predominant organism. Twenty-three cases were treated by aspiration of the abscess through a burr hole. In two cases, initial aspiration was followed by excision of the abscess. The mortality rate of the whole group was 32%. The etiology of brain abscess in patients with congenital heart disease is discussed.
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