J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
1996 Jun;25(6):1286-1291.
Pyogenic Thalamic Brain Abscess: A Case Report
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University Kuri Hospital, Kuri, Korea.
- 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University Kuri Hospital, Kuri, Korea.
- 3Department of Cardiology, College of Medicine, University Kuri Hospital, Kuri, Korea.
Abstract
- The authors investigated a case of surgically verified solitary left thalamic abscess in a 37-year-old man presented with raised intracranial pressure and congenital heart disease(ventricular septal defect). He had experienced headache, vomiting and right hemiparesis, which progressed to somnolence and confusion. Brain computed tomography(CT) and magnetic resonance image(MRI) demonstrated a left thalamic ring-enhanced lesion. The purulent material was drained and subtotal excision was done with a transcallosal transventricular craniotomy. Concomitant systemic antibiotics therapy was a dministered.
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