Thursday, April 3, 2008

What is Otogenic brain abscess?

Otogenic brain abscess means middle ear infections caused by invasive intracranial brain abscess, suppurative otitis media is a serious complication, weight, life-threatening; more complicated in cholesteatoma. Abscess located in the temporal lobe, cerebellum times, in other leaves, as well as multiple small abscess. Otogenic brain abscess for various intracranial complications, and see more of the most severe cases, mainly in the clinical characteristics of otitis media on the basis of a fever, headache, different degrees of disturbance of consciousness and the positioning of certain nervous system symptoms, brain CT Scanning the early diagnosis is of great significance. Poor prognosis of the disease, early and appropriate treatment often can reduce mortality.

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