“…7 In approximately one-fourth of brain abscesses, the source of infection cannot be identifed; thus, these cases are classified as "cryptic." 7 Notably, brain abscesses can be found in 1% of HHT patients and are typically caused by peridontal infections and septic emboli to the brain due to transitory bacteremia and right-to-left shunting in pulmonary AVMs. [4][5][6] On the other hand, our case illustrates that, on rare occasions, brain abscesses may occur in HHT regardless of the presence of pulmonary AVMs.…”