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Brain abscess (or cerebral abscess) is an abscess within the brain tissue caused by inflammation and collection of infected material coming from local (ear infection, dental abscess, infection of paranasal sinuses, infection of the mastoid air cells of the temporal bone, epidural abscess) or remote (lung, heart, kidney etc.) infectious sources.
Ventriculitis, also known as ependymitis, ventricular empyema, pyocephalus, and pyogenic ventriculitis, [1] [2] is the inflammation of the ventricles in the brain. The ventricles are responsible for containing and circulating cerebrospinal fluid throughout the brain.
Skin abscesses are common and have become more common in recent years. [1] Risk factors include intravenous drug use, with rates reported as high as 65% among users. [2] In 2005, in the United States 3.2 million people went to the emergency department for an abscess. [5] In Australia around 13,000 people were hospitalized in 2008 for the ...
Pediatrics researchers find an unexplained increase in brain abscesses in kids and teens in Nevada. A surge in children's respiratory illnesses could be why. Brain infections in kids may be ...
Repeated aspirations of an abscess are preferable in those with multiple abscesses or when the abscess is located in a predominate brain site. Administration of antimicrobials in a high-dose for an extended period of time can offer an alternative treatment strategy in this type of patients and may substitute for surgical evacuation of an abscess.
Cerebral edema is commonly seen in a variety of brain injuries including ischemic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, subdural, epidural, or intracerebral hematoma, hydrocephalus, brain cancer, brain infections, low blood sodium levels, high altitude, and acute liver failure.
A: T2-weighted MRI showing multiple necrotic brain abscesses as a result of a Balamuthia mandrillaris infection. B: T1-weighted MRI showing expansion of the brain infection 4 days later Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis ( GAE ) [ 2 ] is a rare, often fatal, subacute-to-chronic central nervous system disease caused by certain species of free ...
Pott's puffy tumor, first described by Sir Percivall Pott in 1760, is a rare clinical entity characterized by subperiosteal abscess associated with osteomyelitis. It is characterized by an osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, either direct or through haematogenic spread. This results in a swelling on the forehead, hence the name.