Brain abscess due to odontogenic infection: a case report.
10.5125/jkaoms.2014.40.3.147
- Author:
Sung Yong PARK
1
;
Dong Won SUH
;
Chul Min PARK
;
Min Seok OH
;
Dong Kun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sun Dental Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. omsdklee@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Brain abscess;
Odontogenic;
Infection
- MeSH:
Brain Abscess*;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Head;
Headache;
Hemiplegia;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Nausea;
Neck;
Seizures;
Solar System;
Surgery, Oral;
Trismus;
Vomiting
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
2014;40(3):147-151
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In this report, we describe a case of brain abscess due to odontogenic infection. A 53-year-old female who had been suffering from headache and trismus for two weeks visited the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Sun Dental Hospital (Daejeon, Korea). Even after several routine tests, we still could not make a diagnosis. However, after the combined multidisciplinary efforts of oral surgeons and neurosurgeons, the patient was treated for odontogenic infection and made an uneventful recovery. Therefore, patients with infections in the head and neck region showing symptoms such as headache, changes in mental state, nausea, vomiting, seizures, hemiplegia, speech disturbance, and visual disturbance, a brain abscess should be included in the list of differential diagnoses.
