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Rev Cubana Pediatr 2012; 84 (4)

Brain abscess as a complication of maxillary sinusitis

Alvayero MKV, Marques DC, Martínez RA, Luis ÁMC, Pantoja PO, Benítez RD

Language: Spanish
References: 10
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ABSTRACT

Brain abscess is an uncommon infection in the child, but it may represent a very serious life-threatening risk even if many diagnostic and therapeutic advances are available. Its clinical presentation depends on location and the diagnosis requires a lot of presumption since it may also appear as a complication of frequent infectious processes in the childhood. This is the case of 5 years-old girl suffering frontal brain abscess secondary to maxillary sinusitis. The clinical manifestations, the results of supplementary tests and of the treatment were described.


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