Brain Abscess at the Site of Hemorrhage: Report of a Case
作者
Cheng-Neng Chen, Ming-Fu Chiang
卷期/出版年月
39卷3期 (2006/6)
頁次
156-159
摘要
Brain abscesses developing at the site of intracerebral hemorrhage are very rare. We
report a 78-year-old man who had a left frontal lobe hemorrhage resulting in right
hemiparesis. At that time, he also had a urinary tract infection. Three weeks later, his
right hemiparesis worsened and motor aphasia developed. Brain MRI and contrastenhanced
CT revealed a brain abscess in the same region as the earlier hemorrhage.
The patient recovered after drainage of the abscess and treatment with antibiotics.
Although very rare, an abscess can develop at the site of an earlier intracerebral hemorrhage.