Cerebral Abscess Secondary to Mild Scalp Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review

The mortality and morbidity of cerebral abscess has greatly decreased since the widespread usage of antibiotics. Victims of cerebral abscess are often predisposed to many risk factors such as otitis, mastoiditis, sinusitis, immunodeficiency, blood infection and congenital defects. But cerebral abscess secondary to mild scalp infection is scarcely reported. We would like to report on a case of cerebral abscess secondary to the delayed diagnosis and management of a mild scalp infection. We will also discuss the possible mechanisms of intracranial spreading and draw a lesson that we can learn from it with a literature review. Mild scalp infection is a risk factor of cerebral abscess and we should not take it as insignificant. Timely and appropriate management is essential to avoid unintended outcomes. Figure 1: MRI shows a double-cystic lesion in the left parietal lobe, which demonstrated hyperintensity on T2-weighted images with evident perilesional edema. Figure 2: Gadolinium contrast administration results in the cystic wall and the adjacent scalp enhancement, an enhanced bar structure is also noted between the intracerebral lesion and the adjacent scalp. Citation: Kun Hou (2015) Cerebral Abscess Secondary to Mild Scalp Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review. J Neuroinfect Dis 6: 177. doi:10.4172/2314-7326.S1-005