A 57-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of high fever and generalized tonic seizure. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) delineated multiple abnormal intensity areas. Thallium-201 (201Tl) scintigraphy revealed abnormal uptake in the brain. The imaging findings did not allow definitive exclusion of brain tumor, even though brain abscess was the more strongly suspected diagnosis...

A case of otogenic brain abscess, secondary to cholesteatoma, is reported. Early diagnosis is very important for the treatment of otogenic brain abscess, which is a life-threatening disease. Early diagnosis of this disease is often difficult, because of modification by antibiotics. A 62-year-old male with a longstanding history of chronic left otorrhea with severe headache and fever, was admitt...

Most reports of orbital hemorrhage do not distinguish among intraconal, extraconal, and subperiosteal hemorrhages, although several reports describe isolated subperiosteal hematomas as a separate entity. We report 3 cases of subperiosteal hematoma with different etiologies but similar progression of signs and symptoms. Each patient presented with spontaneous proptosis, rarely caused by orbital ...

The diversity of neurological sequelae that may occur after an inflammatory disorder in the brain (brain abscess, encephalitis, or meningitis) provides a range of challenges to the rehabilitation team. The therapist must identify the problems underlying the individual’s movement dysfunctions without the template of the cluster of “typical” problems available with some other ne...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Brain abscess is an uncommon intracranial suppuration, especially in children. We reviewed the records of children with brain abscess admitted to Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, and analyzed data on presenting symptoms, predisposing factors and outcomes. METHODS Information was obtained retrospectively from medical records of children diagnosed with br...

Pott’s puffy tumour is a rare clinical condition, especially in this antibiotic era. It presents as frontal skull osteomyelitis with resultant frontal subperiosteal abscess, arising usually from frontal sinusitis. Other extracranial regions may also be unusually involved in addition to intracranial, periorbital and intra-orbital extensions, with various clinical manifestations, including neurol...

SUMMARY In this study the result of the treatment of 41 patients from one month to 15 years old during 1984 to 1994 in neurosurgical department of Loghman -e­Hakim Medical Center is evaluated. All patients have been managed into 2 groups; The first, including of 36 patients that have been operated by aspiration technique and the second group including of 7 patients were operated by resection S...

We report a 53-year-old male who presented with headache, tremor and memory disturbance. Radiological evaluation was suggestive of brain abscess. He underwent gross total excision of the cerebral abscess. The histopathological examination and pus culture was suggestive of brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana. Authors report a rare case of biopsy and culture proven Cladophialophora ...