Diagnosis and treatment of brain multiabscess
- Author:
He Van Dong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
brain multiabscess
- MeSH:
brain iabscess;
diagnosis;
therapeutics
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;432(10):21-23
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A study on the clinical and paraclinical features and results of treatment of brain multiabscess among 190 patients in Vietduc Hospital during 1992-2002 has shown that the brain multiabscess accounted for 30%. This rate did not depend on the species and bacterial resources. The frequent clinical features were headache, vomiting, fever, hemiplexia and leukocytosis. The effective treatment involved the needle aspiration. The removal operation indicated for located abscesses and meninggeal adjacent abscess.