Disproportionate correlation between imaging and outcome in an infant with cerebral abscess

• Authors: Afsoun Seddighi , Amir Seddighi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Brain abscesses represent organized foci of suppuration within the parenchyma. In this paper, we describe the case of a 3-month old girl with a large, complicated cerebral abscess. In addition, the course of treatment is presented. The patient’s recovery was excellent. The follow-up MRI showed only subtle porencephalic changes as the only parenchymal sequels, which may have been due to central nervous system (CNS) plasticity in infants.

Keywords

EN

Abscess; Cerebral; CNS; Plasticity

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 504-507

Dates

published

1 - 8 - 2010

online

30 - 5 - 2010

Contributors

author

Afsoun Seddighi

• Department of Neurosurgery, Shahid Rajaie Hospital, 1445744454, Qazvin, Iran

author

Amir Seddighi

• Department of Neurosurgery, Shohada Hospital, 1445744454, Tehran, Iran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-009-0038-1