Objectives: This study aims to investigate the frequency and management of complications chronic suppurative otitis media(CSOM).Patients Methods: Out 376 patients with CSOM, 44 (25 males, 19 females; mean age 48.5±3.5 years; range 21to 76 years) meeting criteria were enrolled in this descriptive cross sectional which was conducted at Department Ear Nose Throat, Head Neck Surgery. All newly diag...

The degree of brain abscess encapsulation is positively related to surgical mortality and methods to enhance capsule wall formation, therefore, have therapeutic relevance. Two primate models are described which may be useful in the investigation of encapsulation of traumatic and metastatic brain abscesses. Direct intracerebral inoculation induces abscesses displaying more prominent inflammatory...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION An 8-year-old child presented with persistent fever, headache and a frontal swelling. The medical history was signifi cant for recurrent episodes of upper respiratory tract infections and frontal headache. On physical examination, she showed a good performance condition and normal neurologic status. On palpation, a tender, fl uctuating, doughy and warm mass (9×7 cm) in the fo...

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacilli that exhibits predilection to infect the central nervous system in immunocompromised individuals, especially those with hematologic malignancy, immunosuppressive agents use including corticosteroid, diabetes mellitus, and HIV infection. The most common manifestations include meningitis and rhombencephalitis, but brain abscess occurs rarely. Ther...