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The other patient, who had Turner's syndrome and probable congenital aortic stenosis, developed multiple neurological findings during an episode of acute bacterial endocarditis precipitated by an infected ingrown toenail; a false aneurysm of the distal left middle cerebral artery and two lesions involving the left superior cerebellar artery were found. A study of the literature shows that only 45 patients with mycotic intracranial aneurysms have received adequate antibiotic therapy and angiographic documentation. Statistically, there does not appear to be a clear-cut advantage to antibiotics plus surgical therapy over antibiotics alone. In fact, in 21 patients who underwent serial angiography, lesions were smaller in six and not visualized in 11. 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