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...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to review our experience with splenic abscesses, with respect to the relevant aspects of splenic abscesses and treatment outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the cases of 18 patients who had splenic abscesses and who were treated at our hospital from November 1993 to December 2008. RESULTS The most common symptom at presentation was abdominal pain in...

Liver abscesses are infectious, space-occupying lesions in the liver; the two most common abscesses being pyogenic and amoebic. Pyogenic Liver Abscess (PLA) is a rare but potentially lethal condition; its severity depends on the source of the infection and the underlying condition of the patient. Amoebic Liver Abscesses (ALA) are common in tropical regions mainly where ‘Entamoeba histolytica’ i...

Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant and is the second most commonly used illicit drug after cannabis. Methamphetamine use for sexual pleasure is well documented. In this case report, we describe two cases presenting to our urban county hospital associated with complications related to penile injection of methamphetamine. Both patients developed penile abscesses and required ur...

There are many techniques have been used in the surgical treatment of prostatitis, prostatic abscesses and prostatic cysts. Partial or complete prostatectomy, marsupialization, or debridement and drainage have all been advocated; unfortunately all of these techniques are associated with complications such as incontinence, cyst or abscess recurrence, etc. More recently, prostatic omentalization ...

Sixty patients suspected of having abdominal abscesses were evaluated by early and delayed 67Ga scintigraphy. The 67Ga scintigraphs obtained 6 hr after injection correctly localized 18 of 20 abdominal or retroperitoneal abscesses. An additional 13 patients with abnormal scintigraphs had clinically established infections. In no instance was an abscess or inflammatory focus present on delayed sci...

AU lung abscesses, a total of 95 cases, diagnosed at the Milwaukee County General Hospital from January, 1950, through December, 1958, were reviewed. The incidence remained constant during these years. Excluded were cases of minute embolic lung abscesses, bronchiectasis, tuberculous cavities, infected congenital cysts, hydatid cysts, and abscesses due to central necrosis of extensive neoplasms....

OBJECTIVE We describe the spectrum of radiologic appearances of hepatic abscesses in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a hereditary immunodeficiency presenting in childhood that occurs at a rate of 1 in 200,000-250,000 live births and predisposes patients to infection with catalase-positive organisms. CONCLUSION Hepatic abscesses in patients with CGD show an atypical radiolog...

The virulent organism Staphylococcus aureus produced brain abscesses that were quantitatively and qualitatively different from those caused by less virulent organisms. S, aureus abscesses created larger lesions, as earlier ependymitis, delayed progress toward healing, and caused areas of inflammatory escape outside the collagen capsule. Imaging tests revealed similar findings: the abscesses wer...