Rapidly Developing Subdural Empyema in an Adult with Sinusitis: A Neurosurgical Threat Alert

Subdural empyema (SDE) is collection of pus in the potential space between the dura and arachnoid layers of the meninges. Leading causes of SDE are sinonasal and otomastoid infections. Commonly affecting patients in the second and third decades, SDE could have a fulminant course with immediate compl...

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Autores principales: Chokkappan, Kabilan, Lohan, Rahul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5898131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29682060
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_97_16
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description Subdural empyema (SDE) is collection of pus in the potential space between the dura and arachnoid layers of the meninges. Leading causes of SDE are sinonasal and otomastoid infections. Commonly affecting patients in the second and third decades, SDE could have a fulminant course with immediate complications and delayed morbidities including hydrocephalus, focal deficits, and epilepsy.
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spelling pubmed-58981312018-04-20 Rapidly Developing Subdural Empyema in an Adult with Sinusitis: A Neurosurgical Threat Alert Chokkappan, Kabilan Lohan, Rahul Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Subdural empyema (SDE) is collection of pus in the potential space between the dura and arachnoid layers of the meninges. Leading causes of SDE are sinonasal and otomastoid infections. Commonly affecting patients in the second and third decades, SDE could have a fulminant course with immediate complications and delayed morbidities including hydrocephalus, focal deficits, and epilepsy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5898131/ /pubmed/29682060 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_97_16 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Rapidly Developing Subdural Empyema in an Adult with Sinusitis: A Neurosurgical Threat Alert
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title_full Rapidly Developing Subdural Empyema in an Adult with Sinusitis: A Neurosurgical Threat Alert
title_fullStr Rapidly Developing Subdural Empyema in an Adult with Sinusitis: A Neurosurgical Threat Alert
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title_short Rapidly Developing Subdural Empyema in an Adult with Sinusitis: A Neurosurgical Threat Alert
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5898131/
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