Introduction Even though orbital complications in acute rhinosinusitis are not very common, they can be very severe complications, with high mortality rates, due to infection spreading to orbital and intracranial tissues (1). Especially due to intracranial complications, acute rhinosinusitis is considered in the life-threatening disease group. As per Chandler et al. (2), orbital complications a...

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BACKGROUND There have been various reports concerning Helicobacter cinaedi infections. However, few reports have examined central nervous system infections. CASE PRESENTATION A 52-year-old man was transferred from the local hospital because of a persistent headache and suspected intracranial subdural empyema. Neurosurgical drainage was performed via burr holes. Gram staining and results from ...

PURPOSE To assess the usefulness of fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) MR sequences in the diagnosis of intracranial infectious diseases. METHODS We compared fast FLAIR images with conventional spin-echo images (T1- and T2-weighted) obtained in 20 patients with infectious diseases (six with encephalitis, five with brain abscesses, three with meningitis, two with meningoencephali...

Subdural intracranial empyemas and brain abscesses are a rare complication of bacterial sinusitis. Pediatric parafalcine abscesses are a rare entity with different treatment compared with other brain abscesses. We present two pediatric cases with falcine abscess as a sinusitis complication and introduce our department's treatment management. In addition a review of literature is performed. Surg...

Central nervous system tuberculosis may present as commonly encountered tuberculous meningitis or tuberculous mass lesions [common tuberculoma, and rare tuberculous brain abscess (TB-Abs)]. TB-Abs was first described by Evans and Rand (early 1930s), and is still very rare in world literature. This rare case report serves as a reminder for tuberculosis as etiology of brain abscess in a HIV-negat...

Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) is one of the major complications caused by prolonged bisphosphonate administration. We treated a case of BRONJ-related cerebral and intraventricular abscess. An 80-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for osteonecrosis of the maxilla. Removal of a decayed tooth followed by several oral antimicrobial administrations was performed, b...

OBJECTIVE To monitor the structural intracranial complications of bacterial meningitis using computed tomography (CT) scan. DESIGN Retrospective study of medical and radiological records of patients who underwent CT scan over a 4 year period. SETTING A University Teaching Hospital in a developing country. SUBJECTS Thirty-three patients with clinically and laboratory-proven cases of bacter...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the frequency and management of complications of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). PATIENTS AND METHODS Out of 376 patients with CSOM, 44 patients (25 males, 19 females; mean age 48.5±3.5 years; range 21 to 76 years) meeting study criteria were enrolled in this descriptive cross sectional study which was conducted at the Department of Ear Nose ...

Intracranial abscessation is a cause of natural mortality among free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) across portions of the United States and Canada. Intracranial abscesses caused by Arcanobacterium pyogenes disproportionately affect adult male white-tailed deer. From 2003-08, we evaluated the occurrence of intracranial abscessation among adult (> or = 2.5 yr) radiocollared m...