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Brain abscess
• A rare complication in immunocompetent individuals
• AIDS• Chronic corticosteroid therapy• Immunosupression after bone marrow
transplantation
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Clinical feature• Headache • Fever • Vomitus • Focal neurological deficit• Focal or generalized seizures • ICH – letargy, confusion, coma, • Papilledema • Palsy of cranial nerves III, VI., or both
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Brain abscess - CT
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Brain abscess - CT
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Brain abscess - CT
Brain abscess in 2 years old childPtosis, fever, papilloedema
60 ml of pus Gram + and Gram – bacteria
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Brain abscess - CT
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Diagnosis and therapy
• CT • CSF – lumbar puncture –
contraindicated in brain abscess
• Therapy:• Aspiration or extirpation abscess +
antibiotics
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Brain abscess - CT
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Brain abscess - CT
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Brain abscess - CT
Brain abscess in 2 years old childPtosis, fever, papilloedema
60 ml of pus Gram + and Gram – bacteria
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Brain abscess - CT
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Diagnosis and therapy
• CT • CSF – lumbar puncture –
contraindicated in brain abscess
• Therapy:• Aspiration or extirpation abscess +
antibiotics