… pontine abscess following bacterial endocarditis. Haematogenous spread of infection from
the heart, lungs, etc, is found in approximately 1/3 of patients with brain abscesses. A primary …

… Given the association of brainstem abscess with congenital heart defects and endocarditis,
cardiac echocardiography is warranted. Empirical antibiotic regimens should provide broad-…

… brain abscess stands second only to bacterial endocarditis. Acute infective endocarditis is
a … Rosenblum, Mampalam and Pons recommended that nonoperative treatment of brain …

… on the mitral valve, abscess, and perforation. Blood cultures … The infective endocarditis (IE)
required emergent mitral valve … in abscesses (thalamic abscess: D, arrow; pons abscess: E, …

… Table 2 MRI features of cSAH in infective endocarditis (31 patients) and of associated brain
… cSAH revealing IE abscess at the stage of cerebritis seems a rare occurrence. IE abscess …

… of NVS (nutritionally variant streptococci) rarely causing infective endocarditis (IE). NVS
are … Endocarditis caused by NVS due to their virulence is associated with higher treatment …

Discussion We report the case of an 80-year-old man with a cryptogenic SAH concomitant to
an embolic event in the retinal arterial tree and a subsequent asymptomatic small occipital …

… abscesses incidence in the pediatric population. This study aimed to present a single patient
with a pontine abscess … route from distant infection sources such as endocarditis or other …

… The suspicion of infective endocarditis was raised. Brain CT … of an endocarditis (perivalvular
abscess extending to the … left paramedian thalamus, right pontine tegmentum and left ponto-…

… , and bacterial endocarditis. Furthermore, dental disease can be the origin of brain abscesses.…
in the left frontal and the right temporal lobes, as well as in the tegmental area of the pons. …