A Case of Otogenic Brain Abscess Causing Loss of Consciousness

Acute or chronic otitis media can cause intracranial complications, one of the most serious being brain abscess. Empirical antibiotic treatment and proper surgical management should be considered to avoid fatal consequences. However, proper extent and optimal timing of surgical intervention are stil...

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Autores principales: Kwak, Min Kyu, Chung, Jae Ho, Lee, Seung Hwan, Park, Chul Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Audiological Society 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25279229
http://dx.doi.org/10.7874/kja.2014.18.2.76
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description Acute or chronic otitis media can cause intracranial complications, one of the most serious being brain abscess. Empirical antibiotic treatment and proper surgical management should be considered to avoid fatal consequences. However, proper extent and optimal timing of surgical intervention are still matters of debate. We present a case of a 31-year-old man who presented with acutely altered mental status, caused by otogenic brain abscess who we treated successfully with antibiotics and otologic surgery and no neurosurgical treatment.
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spelling pubmed-41810532014-10-02 A Case of Otogenic Brain Abscess Causing Loss of Consciousness Kwak, Min Kyu Chung, Jae Ho Lee, Seung Hwan Park, Chul Won Korean J Audiol Case Report Acute or chronic otitis media can cause intracranial complications, one of the most serious being brain abscess. Empirical antibiotic treatment and proper surgical management should be considered to avoid fatal consequences. However, proper extent and optimal timing of surgical intervention are still matters of debate. We present a case of a 31-year-old man who presented with acutely altered mental status, caused by otogenic brain abscess who we treated successfully with antibiotics and otologic surgery and no neurosurgical treatment. The Korean Audiological Society 2014-09 2014-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4181053/ /pubmed/25279229 http://dx.doi.org/10.7874/kja.2014.18.2.76 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Korean Audiological Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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