Abstract | BACKGROUND: AIMS & OBJECTIVES: To highlight less commonly encountered causes of an uncommon, but dreaded, neurosurgical condition, their diagnosis and treatment approaches. CASE REPORTS: Five patients who had surgical evacuation of intracranial abscesses not due to pathology from the more familiar spread from sinusitis, mastoid, middle ear, post-meningitic or post -traumatic aetiology are presented. Contrast computerised tomography (CT) brain scan was essential in clinching the diagnosis and determining the management options. CONCLUSIONS: Persistent headaches or features of intracranial involvement (in patients undergoing treatment for other conditions) should always warrant CT of the brain. However, there are several differential diagnoses of ring-enhancing lesions on CT which have to be excluded when considering an abscess.
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Authors | DO Udoh |
Journal | Journal of the West African College of Surgeons
(J West Afr Coll Surg)
Vol. 2
Issue 1
Pg. 75-83
(Jan 2012)
ISSN: 2276-6944 [Print] India |
PMID | 25452979
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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