CASE OF CEREBRAL ABSCESS, LOCALISED BY "FOCAL" SYMPTOMS, AND SUCCESSFULLY TREATED BY TREPHINING; INTERCURRENT HqMATURIA.

A Case of Psoas Abscess Successfully Treated

A case of cerebral amoebic abscess treated by modern chemotherapy.

The following case history is presented for two reasons. A case of cerebral ameebic abscess is comparatively rare in itself: Stein and Kazan in 1942 described the sixtieth case reported in the literature at that time. In only fifteen of these sixty were amoba actually seen in the contents of the abscesses. Secondly, this case presents unusual and fresh features in that it was treated by penicil...

Abscess of the Liver Successfully Treated by Tapping

On the 4th July last, I was called to see Annundo Churn, a mookhtiar, suffering from an acute attack of hepatitis. I continued to attend the case for 4 or 5 days, when being disgusted with the patient and his friends for neglecting my instructions, though I cltarly put before tliein the future danger of such neglect, I abandoned the case, and heard nothing more about it till the 4th August, whe...

Fungal cerebral abscess in a diabetic patient successfully treated with surgery followed by prolonged antifungal therapy.

BACKGROUND Intracranial fungal masses are uncommon diseases, but their incidence is increasing, most often due to the prolonged survival of patients with different immunodeficiencies. The management of patients with intracranial fungal masses included stereotactic biopsy for diagnosis, partial or radical surgery excision and prolonged antifungal therapy. AIMS We report the case of a 51-year-o...

Solitary brainstem abscess successfully treated by microsurgical aspiration.

A case of pyogenic pontine abscess detected by computerized tomography scan in a 10-year-old boy is presented. While on broad-spectrum antimicrobial treatment, he deteriorated and developed new symptoms of respiratory distress. Microsurgical exposure of the abscess and aspiration of pus resulted in rapid improvement in his neurological state and radiological resolution of the lesion. The aim of...