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3 articles for “Abscess in brain”
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Brain Abscess Originating From Odontogenic Infection: Rare But Life Threatening Sequelae of Dental Origin
Abstract: Archeological excavations have revealed that the cause of the several deaths of the pharaohs of Egypt was brain abscess originating from foci of dental infection. Effective drug treatment and medical regimens for the treatment of brain abscess were unavailable, until the age of modern antibiotics and advanced surgical techniques. Infective process of any origination in the brain may lead to a suppurative abscess that walls itself off (i.e., encapsulates preventing …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Dentistry · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 12–16 Read article
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Pyogenic-Cerebral (Brain) Abscess
Abstract: Abscesses in the brain have been one of the most challenging wounds, both for surgeons and trainees. It is a packet full of pus of infected material in the part of the brain. It is an important neurological disease and can produce deadly diseases. Since the beginning of the era of computed tomography (CT), the diagnosis and treatment of these organizations has become simpler and less invasive. The results have …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 33–46 Read article
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Meningitis to Parapharyngeal Abscess: A Far Cry
Abstract: A 28-year-old male presented with neck stiffness, fever, headache and palatal palsy. The patient was provisionally diagnosed as a case of meningismus with isolated palatal palsy on the basis of a normal MRI brain and CSF examination. A week later after the above episode, the patient reported with discharge of pus from the floor of external auditory canal. Patient was diagnosed as retropharyngeal abscess going to the external auditory canal …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Surgery · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 1–3 Read article