Complications of paranasal sinus infection most often involve the orbit and periorbita. Because intracranial extension of sinus disease is infrequently seen today, the clinician may be unfamiliar with the evaluation and management of this potentially devastating complication. Despite recent advances in treatment and diagnostic imaging, intracranial extension is often not recognized early enough...

While Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in adults, cases of pneumococcal brain abscess have rarely been reported. We describe a case of otogenic brain abscess caused by S. pneumoniae that developed in a patient who was receiving ciprofloxacin for the empirical treatment of otitis media. We also review 23 additional cases of pyogenic brain abscess caused b...

Background Meningitis is a common neurological emergency and a leading cause of death and neurological disability worldwide. MRI is extremely useful for detecting and monitoring the complications of meningitis. The purpose of this study was to describe the brain MRI findings in children with complicated meningitis. Materials and Methods  This cross-sectional study was conducted in Radiology De...

Intracranial abscesses are rare complications of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, and to our knowledge, there have been no case reports of post-infectious vasculitis developing in such patients. Here we describe the case of a 48-year-old post-splenectomy male who developed post-infectious vasculitis following S. pneumoniae otitis media complicated by mastoiditis, osteomyelitis, meningitis, ...

2 Year old girl presented with fever and cough for 4 months. Neurological examination revealed right sided hemiplegia. Contrast enhanced computed tomography of brain showed multiple hypodense ring enhancing lesions. Pus on aspiration of intracranial abscess showed positive polymerase chain reaction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A possibility of tuberculosis though not commonly recognised may ...

Objective: To investigate the etiological characteristics, clinical manifestations, and early identification methods of neonatal brain abscess. Methods: The baseline laboratory results 12 abscess cases were retrospectively analyzed. Results: manifestations fever, convulsion, lethargy. A small number them had respiratory circulatory failure. diagnosis made was based on imaging examination. All c...

A 12-year-old girl presented with a swollen right eye with three days of pain and a diffused swollen frontal region and head lasting for one day. On the computed tomography with contrast, diffused collection was detected in the subgaleal regions and subperiosteal of the right orbita. It was observed that she had bilateral maxillary, ethmoidal, and frontal sinusitis and an infected bilateral mid...

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