Cerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy: a rare complication

In the present paper, we report an extremely rare case of a 4-year-old girl who developed a frontal lobe intracerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy. This was diagnosed by computerised tomography at scan 21 days post-tonsillectomy when she presented with bilateral sixth nerve palsies. We beli...

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Autores principales: JARVIS, S.J., MILLAR, J.A., PITTORE, B., AL Safi, W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pacini Editore SpA 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22065730
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description In the present paper, we report an extremely rare case of a 4-year-old girl who developed a frontal lobe intracerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy. This was diagnosed by computerised tomography at scan 21 days post-tonsillectomy when she presented with bilateral sixth nerve palsies. We believe that intracranial complications should be considered in any patient who present with headache or vomiting following tonsil surgery, especially if the patient has a spiking pyrexia.
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spelling pubmed-32037172011-11-04 Cerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy: a rare complication JARVIS, S.J. MILLAR, J.A. PITTORE, B. AL Safi, W. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital Case Report In the present paper, we report an extremely rare case of a 4-year-old girl who developed a frontal lobe intracerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy. This was diagnosed by computerised tomography at scan 21 days post-tonsillectomy when she presented with bilateral sixth nerve palsies. We believe that intracranial complications should be considered in any patient who present with headache or vomiting following tonsil surgery, especially if the patient has a spiking pyrexia. Pacini Editore SpA 2011-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3203717/ /pubmed/22065730 Text en © Copyright by Società Italiana di Otorinolaringologia e Chirurgia Cervico-Facciale http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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title_full Cerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy: a rare complication
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title_short Cerebral abscess following adenotonsillectomy: a rare complication
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