Hi, all. My father is currently in the hospital for a brain abscess- at least that's his primary Dx for now. He was initially a R/O tumor with a secondary Dx of pneumonia. We haven't talked to the neuro doc yet- I think he's only consulted with the Internal Medicine doc so far. But, the IM doc came up late last night and said that my Dad has an AVM (not pneumonia, as previously thought), and he was told that the AVM could have caused the brain abscess. Has anybody here heard of this? If so, how common is it, and what is the usual course of Tx? The IM doc had never heard of this, either, so he couldn't tell me much.
The doc said the abscess was about 2-3 cm, and he's currently on Levaquin for now. He is also anemic, has facial telagiectases, and a Hx of nosebleeds & H/A's. They're scoping him this AM, because of the anemia, and a bowel "abnormality" found on an Abd. CT. He's supposed to have an open MRI after the holiday- he's a big guy, and has to go out of the facility for it.
How worried should I be about this? My Dad is not one to go to a GP for regular checkups, and I'm wondering if this is congenital, or if he's at risk for other problems because of this- stroke, aneurysm, etc. Any experience or info about this would be helpful. I feel somewhat helpless about it, because it's not something I've never heard of CVM causing brain abscesses. The good news is that I think this helps in R/O'ing a brain tumor- I guess we'll know more on that after the MRI, though.
