TY  - EJOU
AU  - Mohammad, M. Hashim
AU  - Agarwal, A. Ankit
AU  - Sama, S. Sonu
AU  - Kausar, K. Sana
TI  - Spontaneous Septic Embolic Encephalitis and Endophthalmitis in a Recovering Polytrauma Patient: A Case Report
T2  - Central European Annals of Clinical Research

PY  - 2020
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
SN  - 2668-7305

AB  - In polytrauma cases with thoracic injury and long-term chest tube drain, there is a risk of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula formation, which mostly remains undiagnosed. The pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas lead to the right to left shunt and could be a potential source of systemic septic embolism. Here, we describe a recovering polytrauma patient, who spontaneously developed septic embolic encephalitis and endogenous endophthalmitis, with no evident source of septic systemic embolism. We suspect the pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas due to thoracic injury or chest tube drain could be the possible source of septic systemic embolism, which needs to be evaluated in such cases after excluding common causes.
KW  - pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas
KW  - chest tube drain
KW  - septic embolism
DO  - 10.35995/ceacr2010002