Brain Abscess

Known as: abscess cerebral, BRAIN, ABSCESS, Brain Abscess [Disease/Finding]

A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected…

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2004

Commentary on the paper by Viner et al (see 10) The increasing prevalence of obesity during childhood in the UK has been…

2001

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been suggested as a potential source of paradoxical embolism. A higher…

1989

Multiple pyogenic brain abscesses constituted 11.7% (21 patients) of a series of 179 consecutive patients with brain abscess…

1982

Real-time sonographic findings in 20 infants with bacterial meningitis are reported. The spectrum of features included normal…

1981

Glucocorticoids in the treatment of brain edema are well accepted nowadays, while the usefulness of corticosteroids in the…

1979

Experimental evaluation of brain abscess has been inhibited by the lack of a simple and reproducible model in small animals. A…

1977

Few neurosurgical complications occur as the result of heroin addiction. One case of brain abscess and another of brain abscess…

1970

It is important for the radiologist to recognize intracranial gas and to differentiate between traumatic pneumocephalus and a gas…

1955

THIS REPORT is based upon a study of the case records of a series of 125 patients having pyogenic abscess of the brain which was…

1950

Excerpt There is a sparsity of reports in the medical literature concerning the syndrome of brain abscess and congenital heart…