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. 1993;16(3):189-96.
doi: 10.1007/BF00304327.

Non-traumatic brain abscess

P Lunardi  1 , M Acqui, L Ferrante, L Mastronardi, A Fortuna
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Non-traumatic brain abscess

P Lunardi et al. Neurosurg Rev. 1993.

Abstract

Between 1953 and 1989 eighty cases of non-traumatic brain abscess were treated in our department. We have re-examined the clinical and neuroradiological features of this pathological process and present our therapeutic approach and results. We believe that the optimal treatment for brain abscess consists of surgical removal. The prognosis for these lesions has undergone a marked improvement over the last two decades in response to neuroradiological, microbiological and surgical advances. The most influential prognostic factor seems to be preoperative clinical status.

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