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Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2016
Malaria remains a significant public health problem of the tropical world. Falciparum malaria is most prevalent in the sub-Saharan African region, which harbors about 90% of all malaria cases and fatalities globally.
Pedro Pallangyo MD, MPH, Frederick Lyimo MD, Paulina Nicholaus MD, Ulimbakisya Kain MD, Mohamed Janabi MD, PhD   +4 more
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Chronic Bilateral Calcified Subdural Empyema: An Unusual Complication of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020
Background and Importance: Subdural empyema is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. The ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a common technique used in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
Abdoulaye Diop, Mohameth Faye, Roger Ilunga Mulumba, Momar Codé Ba, Seydou Boubacar Badiane   +4 more
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Subdural Empyema Caused by Brucellosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials
Neurobrucellosis is a rare and challenging complication of brucellosis. Its non-specific clinical presentation makes it challenging to diagnose. The coexistence of neurobrucellosis with subdural empyema is extremely rare, with only a few cases reported ...
Bilal Bahadır AKBULUT, Anıl EROL, Mustafa Serdar BÖLÜK, Taşkın YURTSEVEN, Cenk ERASLAN, Bilgin ARDA, Hüseyin BİÇEROĞLU   +6 more
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Arachnoid cyst with bony erosion of the posterior frontal sinus wall as cause of a subdural empyema after pansinusitis

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020
Intracranial arachnoid cysts (AC) can lead to a bony thinning of the surrounding skull. We present a young man, in whom a frontal AC has caused a thinning of the frontal calvaria and of the posterior wall of the frontal sinus.
Holger Schlag, Christoph Hoffmann, Jens Castein, Jonathan Neuhoff, Frank Kandziora   +4 more
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A Rare Cause of Calcified Subdural Empyema and Ventriculitis in a Pediatric Patient: Achromobacter Denitrificans

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2016
Intracranial infections in the pediatric age group are still important causes of morbidity in developing countries. A 2-year-old male patient presented with acute onset of seizures and loss of consciousness to our emergency department with a past history
Mehtap Beker-Acay, Mehmet Gazi Boyaci, Gulsah Asik, Resit Koken, Ebru Unlu, Usame Rakip   +5 more
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Brain abscess secondary to frontal osteomyelitis Abscesso cerebral secundário à osteomielite frontal

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2006
Frontal osteomyelitis is a rare complication of sinusitis. Common intracranial complications of the frontal osteomyelitis are meningitis, epidural empyema, subdural empyema and brain abscess.
Felipe Francisco Tuon, Rachel Russo, Antonio Carlos Nicodemo   +2 more
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Posterior Fossa Subdural Empyema. A Severe and Usually Late Diagnosed Complication

, 2020
60 Abstract Subdural Empyema is usually associated with paranasal sinusitis and otitis media/ mastoiditis. Posterior fossa subdural empyema is uncommon and late diagnosis is frequent.
C. Antunes
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Subdural Empiema L1-5 Pasca Anestesi Anestesi Neuraksal

Jurnal Neuroanestesi Indonesia, 2013
Komplikasi infeksi dapat saja terjadi setelah tehnik anestesi regional apapun, namun hal ini menjadi perhatian yanga sangat penting ketika infeksi terjadi disekitar medulaspinalis atau di dalam kanalis spinalis.
M. Jalaludin A. Chalil, Nazaruddin Umar
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Surgical Management and Functional Outcome of Primary Convexity Subdural Empyema With Inter-hemispheric Extension: A Case Report and Literature Review

, 2020
Background:Subdural empyema is the collection of pus beneath the dura matter, commonly manifests as a complication of oto-rhino-laryngeal infection and rarely locates in the inter-hemispheric subdural space either as an isolated collection or as ...
Moayad Ahmed, S. A. Alias, Mukashfi Ali, Zakaria Mohammed   +3 more
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Subdural Empyema in Bacterial Meningitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2013
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, evaluated the occurrence, treatment, and outcome of subdural empyema as a complication of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in 28 (2.7%) adults.
J Gordon Millichap
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