A case of brain abscess secondary to odontogenic phlegmon.

Brain abscess due to odontogenic infection: a case report

In this report, we describe a case of brain abscess due to odontogenic infection. A 53-year-old female who had been suffering from headache and trismus for two weeks visited the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Sun Dental Hospital (Daejeon, Korea). Even after several routine tests, we still could not make a diagnosis. However, after the combined multidisciplinary efforts of o...

Case Report Brain Abscess Secondary to Frontal Osteomyelitis

(1) Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine/University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Correspondence to: A.C. Nicodemo, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias (4° Andar) sala 4028 ou 4029, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar 255, Cerqueira César, 05403-000 São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Phone:...

Complication of an Odontogenic Infection to an Orbital Abscess: The Role of a Medical Fraudster (“Quack”)

Introduction: Complication of an odontogenic infection to an orbital abscess is not a common presentation. The progression from a simple toothache to a condition that may lead to loss of vision is sudden and severe.   Case Report: We report a rare case in which a patient developed facial cellulitis that progressed to orbital abscess after unsterile dental manipulation by a medical fraudster (“q...

Pyogenic ventriculitis secondary to ruptured brain abscess.

Submitted by: Mohammed Benzagmout, MD, Saïd Boujraf, MD, PhD, Khalid Chakour, MD, Mohammed E. Chaoui, MD. Departments of Neurosurgery (Benzagmout, Chakour, Chaoui), and Radiology (Boujraf), University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, and the Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods (Boujraf), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez, BP 1893, Km 2.200, Sidi Hrazem Road, Fez 30000, M...

CASE REPORT Secondary Brain Abscess Following Simple Renal Cyst Infection