[Otogenic and rhinogenic brain abscesses in children]

Abstract

Otogenic and rhinogenic abscesses of the brain in children (25 cases) constitute 4.4% of neurosurgical pathologies and 26.9% of all brain abscesses in children. Rhinogenic abscesses (10 cases) were located in the frontal lobes and otogenic abscesses (15 cases) were found supra- or subtentorially. It is difficult to diagnose brain abscesses in children. In this respect computer tomography is very valuable. All the above patients underwent surgical intervention, which included such methods as aspiration, drainage and block removal. The lethality rate was 36%, although during the last 5 years (9 cases) no lethal cases were recorded.