brain abcess, subdural empyema and extradural abcess
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BRAIN ABCESS, SUBDURAL EMPYEMA AND EXTRADURAL ABCESS
By:M.M.Fathima Asrin
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OBJECTIVES
• Describe the following aspects of brain abcessEtio-pathogenesisMorphology of brainClinical features• Describe the subdural empyema and
extradural abcess
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What is brain abscess?
Focal collection of pus within brain parenchyma
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pathogenesis?
• Infection:mostly by bacteria Direct
20-60% of the cases Focal abscess
Hematogenous Multiple abscesses No identifiable sources in 20-40% of the cases
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Primary sources in direct spread and distribution of abscess
• Otitis media – inferior temporal lobe and cerebellum
• Frontal or ethmoid sinuses – frontal lobe
• Dental caries – frontal lobe• Foreign bodies
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Primary sources of hematogenous spread
• Chronic pulmonary infections – lung abscess and empyema
• Skin infection• Intrabdominal and pelvic infection• Bacterial endocarditis• Cyanotic congenital heart disease – most
common in children
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Morphology?
• Discrete lesions with central liquefactive necrosis
• Surrounded by fibrous capsule & zone of reactive gliosis
• Neovascularization around necrosis with marked tissue oedema
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Symptoms?
• Headache – most common• Neck stiffness– Associated with occipital abscess– Abscess leaks into lateral ventricle
• Altered mental status – cerebral edema• Vomiting – increased intracranial pressure
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Physical finding?• febrile – not very reliable
• Focal neurological deficit – days or weeks after onset of headache
Parietal lobe-hemiparesis Temporal lobe-dysphasia Cerebellum-ataxia & nystagmus
• Seizure– May be first manifestation of brain abscess
• Third or sixth cranial palsy – increased intracranial pressure• Papilledema – cerebral edema
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Tests?
1. WBC : normal or mild increase 2. ESR : increase in 90%3. CSF : not specific ,LP is contraindicated due to
risk of herniation4. Brain CT-contrast
• ring enhancement lesion• Multi loculation • Multiplicity• Finding of gas
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Treatment options?
• Antibiotics • Surgical drainage
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SUBDURAL EMPYEMA AND EXTRADURAL ABCESS
Focal collection of pus around dura matter following infection usually from direct spread
Assoc.with infection of skull, air sinuses , ear infection surgical procedure
large subdural abcess has tendency to behave like a mass lesion & may cause thrombophlebitis in bridging veins that cross subdural space
Abcess in spinal epidural space may cause spinal cord compression
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• PresentationFever,headache,neck stiffness,focal
neurological signs,coma• Treatment with antibiotics plus
surgical drainage results in complete recovery usually
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