1974
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1974.40.3.0391
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Brain-stem abscess in childhood

Abstract: ✓ A rare case is reported of a solitary abscess of the brain-stem which was suspected clinically, confirmed surgically, and successfully removed. The few reports of similar cases in the literature are reviewed.

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“…7,44,78,85,99,106 Since 1974, 12 children who underwent treatment for brainstem abscesses with stereotactic aspiration, microsurgery, or antibiotic therapy alone have been reported with good outcomes. 20,34,45,47,52,66,72,78,85,99,104,105 Stereotactic drainage has been performed through the right paramedian precoronal frontal or suboccipital transcerebellar approaches. 34,71,72 Potential problems associated with the stereotactic aspiration of brain abscesses include incomplete evacuation because of thick purulent materal or multiloculations, and/or hemorrhage of the abscess capsule.…”
Section: Neurosurg Focus / Volume 24 / June 2008mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7,44,78,85,99,106 Since 1974, 12 children who underwent treatment for brainstem abscesses with stereotactic aspiration, microsurgery, or antibiotic therapy alone have been reported with good outcomes. 20,34,45,47,52,66,72,78,85,99,104,105 Stereotactic drainage has been performed through the right paramedian precoronal frontal or suboccipital transcerebellar approaches. 34,71,72 Potential problems associated with the stereotactic aspiration of brain abscesses include incomplete evacuation because of thick purulent materal or multiloculations, and/or hemorrhage of the abscess capsule.…”
Section: Neurosurg Focus / Volume 24 / June 2008mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Quadro Clínico -A manifestação clínica predominante pode ser de três tipos: 1. síndrome infeccisa, com mal estar, febre, fotofobia, rigidez de nuca, colapso circulatório; 2. síndrome de hipertensão intracraniana: cefaléia, náuseas e vômitos, papiledema; 3. síndrome neurológico focal, de acordo com a área de localização do abscesso, ocorrendo sintomas supratentoriais, cerebelares ou mais raramente, de tronco cerebral 2,[7][8][9] .Existem três fases clínicas 1 na evolução do abscesso: uma inicial, em que há mal-estar geral, febre, cefaléia e possível evidência de foco infeccioso primário. Nesta fase predominam os sintomas da síndrome infecciosa.…”
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“…The excision 'd'emblée' is preferred by many neurosurgeons since Le Beau [9] and Pennybaker [13], but punction-aspiration followed by ulterior excision or not is given as an alternative method that has successfully been tried out on adult patients [2,4,6,12] and even more so in infants [5,8,11] with the technical advantage that the percutaneous punction of the child's skull through the split sutures means, even at the time of radiological procedures, as we report.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%