Nonsurgical resolution of a brain-stem abscess
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 53 (5) , 726-727
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1980.53.5.0726
Abstract
A case of solitary mesencephalic abscess in a 13-year-old boy is presented. The computerized tomography and clinical pictures, indicating a Weber syndrome and obstructive hydrocephalus, resolved totally 20 days after implantation of a ventriculoatrial shunt and treatment with intravenous chloramphenicol and penicillin. This is the fifth reported case of survival in a patient with a brain-stem abscess, and the first in which this outcome has been achieved without surgical drainage of the abscess.Keywords
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