Gas-producing brain abscess
JCPSP-Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 2005; 15 (3): 176-7
in English
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ABSTRACT
A case of a known psychiatric patient who presented with rapid neurological deterioration is reported. Neuroimaging revealed a gas-producing brain abscess in left parietal lobe with a contiguous focus of infection in the adjacent bone and scalp initiated by obsessive scalp scratching. On complete surgical excision of abscess, followed by culturebased antibiotic therapy, a good neurological recovery was achieved with minimal residual deficits at follow-up
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Empyema, Subdural
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Brain Abscess
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Drainage
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Treatment Outcome
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
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Craniotomy
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Gases
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Coll. Physicians Surg. Pak.
Year:
2005
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