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Review
. 2013 Aug;4(Suppl 1):S67-81.
doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.116472.

Brain abscess: Current management

Hernando Alvis Miranda  1 , Sandra Milena Castellar-Leones, Mohammed Awad Elzain, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar
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Review

Brain abscess: Current management

Hernando Alvis Miranda et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

Brain abscess (BA) is defined as a focal infection within the brain parenchyma, which starts as a localized area of cerebritis, which is subsequently converted into a collection of pus within a well-vascularized capsule. BA must be differentiated from parameningeal infections, including epidural abscess and subdural empyema. The BA is a challenge for the neurosurgeon because it is needed good clinical, pharmacological, and surgical skills for providing good clinical outcomes and prognosis to BA patients. Considered an infrequent brain infection, BA could be a devastator entity that easily left the patient into dead. The aim of this work is to review the current concepts regarding epidemiology, pathophysiology, etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of BA.

Keywords: Brain abscess; neuroinfection; neurosurgery.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Pediatric brain CT-scan series showing a large hypodense lesion in left fronto-temporal region associated to mass effect and dilatation of ventricular system
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