Solitary brainstem abscess

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...

Solitary Pyogenic Liver Abscess.

Solitary pyogenic thalamic abscess--two case reports.

We report two patients with solitary thalamic abscesses, occurring among 91 consecutive patients (2.2%) with computed tomography (CT)-diagnosed and surgically-verified brain abscess experienced in our college during 1975 to 1991. A 9-year-old girl with congenital heart disease experienced frequent vomiting followed by left hemiparesis and deterioration of consciousness. CT demonstrated a right ...

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis presenting as a solitary brainstem mass.

A 36 year old woman presented with a subacute brainstem syndrome. MRI showed a solitary, gadolinium enhancing brainstem mass, which on biopsy showed perivenous inflammation and demyelination compatible with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.

Cryptococcal Brainstem Abscess Mimicking Brain Tumors in an Immunocompetent Patient

Usually fungal infections caused by opportunistic and pathogenic fungi had been an important cause of morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised patients. However clinical data and investigations for immunocompetent pathogenic fungal infections had been rare and neglected into clinical studies. Especially Cryptococcal brainstem abscess cases mimicking brain tumors were also much more rare....