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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr 12;5(4):46.
doi: 10.3390/jcm5040046.

First Time Seizure in the Setting of a Congenital Heart Abnormality and MCA Mycotic Aneurysms

Michael R Minckler  1 , Merlin Curry  2 , Jarrod M Mosier  3
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First Time Seizure in the Setting of a Congenital Heart Abnormality and MCA Mycotic Aneurysms

Michael R Minckler et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

A 37 year-old man presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with new onset seizure and fall from standing.[...].

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Figure 1
A composite image of radiographic and ultrasonographic findings from this case. (A) A coronal view of an obliterated right Sylvan Fissure due to hemorrhage from a ruptured mycotic aneurysm on head CT scan; (B) A tricuspid valve with an infective vegetation on echocardiogram; (C) An echocardiogram showing transposition of the great vessels with congenital correction resulting in atrio-ventricular discordance; (D) A chest X-ray showing the patient’s abnormal cardiac silhouette.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A composite image of the patient’s mycotic aneurysms found on computed tomography angiogram. (A) A sagittal view of multiple mycotic aneurysms in the right middle cerebral artery distribution; (B) A coronal cross section of a 6 mm by 4 mm mycotic aneuryms in the right middle cerebral artery distribution; (C) A coronal cross section of a 2.9 mm mycotic aneurysm in the right middle cerebral artery distribution.
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