CEREBELLAR ABSCESS

Enterococcus avium cerebellar abscess.

Bi-Lateral Cerebellar Abscess

Casks of cerebellar abscess are so rare in the wards of the General Hospital that I need make no excuse for presenting this one to you. Several other interesting features in the progress and history of the disease make it particularly worthy of record. Alice Nona, a Singhalese girl of 8 years of age, was admitted into one of my wards on the 17th of January last, in a ^emi-conscious state, with ...

A Case of Cerebellar Abscess.

~~CONCLUTSIONS . Certain points arise out of the consideration of these cases. First, psittacosis is still liable to occur in this country, and should be borne in mind when one or more patients in a household are found to be suffering from an influenzal type of illness, with early signs in the lungs and perhaps some typhoid-like symptoms, such as epistaxis, abdominal distension, vomiting, const...

Cerebellar abscess. A review of 47 cases.

Forty-seven cases of cerebellar abscess have been reviewed, 93% of which were secondary to otogenic disease. There has been little change in the annual incidence during the period of time under review. The overall mortality was 41%, but with successive decades the mortality has increased. Three factors appear to be of importance in determining survival: the patient's ability to control his infe...

Concomitant tubercular and fungal cerebellar abscess in an immunocompromised girl.

Concomitant tubercular and fungal cerebellar abscess is rare and we report the first concomitant recurrent multi-lobulated tubercular and fungal cerebellar abscess in an immunocompromised girl with Histiocytosis-X. She presented with cerebellar abscess history diagnosed during the ongoing treatment for tuberculous meningitis. The abscess was drained. Upon the detection of ce...