Brain abscesses are found in all age groups, remain many times asympto matic for weeks or months and cause, later, severe symptoms with a serious prognosis. Their course may be even more devastating in infancy and childhood due to the impossibility or difficulty those patients have to express their com plaints, to the non-perception of the signs by the parents and also to the greater compliance of the cranial structures. These three characteristics allow a greater progress of the disease in such a way that when it is diagnosed the stage is too severe. Thus, it is important to be able to recognize the ma nifestations in that age group in order to establish an early diagnosis and prompt treatment.This study aims to evaluate the cases of brain abscesses admitted between 1961 and 1982 and presents several aspects of the history-taking, clinical and neurological examinations, laboratory tests, treatment and prognosis. MATERIAL AND METHODSThe records of 40 patients (21 boys and 19 girls) under 15 years of age, admitted to the Section of Child Neurology in the past 21 years were studied. The group com prised all the cases of brain abscesses admitted in that period. In all cases but one the diagnosis was confirmed by surgery or necropsy. In one patient the diagnosis was established only by computerized tomography (CT) scanning. Those patients who developed abscesses after surgery in the nervous system were excluded from this study.
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