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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1991; 14(2):181-184

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1991.14.2.181

Case Report

Otogenic Brain Abscess: Report of a Case

Chong Nahm Kim, Dong Ju Yoo, Sung Min Kim, Young Ju Kim

Copyright ⓒ 1991. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

The patient was 30 year old male having longstanding otitis media on left ear since childhood. Although he had taken radical mastoidectomy(Lt.), brain abscess was developed 14 days after operation. So, emergency craniotomy with total resection of brain abscess was performed in neurosurgery department and abscess was healed well. Postoperative course was relatively good and he was discharged on 63th postoperative day.