Brain abscess of odontogenic origin

J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Nov;22(6):2363-5. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318231e585.

Abstract

Brain abscess is a rare and threatening infection, which is in a suppuration area, caused either by trauma, neurosurgical complication, or by a secondary infection of dental origin complication. The infectious process spread from the start focus can occur in 2 ways: hematogenous or by contiguity. The treatment should ideally be based on the etiological factor excision, combined with drainage and antibiotics as adjuvant; this philosophy is not observed in the reports described in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. This study's goal was to report a case of brain abscess consequent of an odontogenic outbreak, where an adequate treatment was set up, but it was already in advanced stages and had as a result the lethal outcome. Complications from the odontogenic infections have a low incidence, but should never be disregarded, because they can lead to death, as described in this manuscript.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis
  • Brain Abscess / etiology*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology
  • Brain Abscess / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Focal Infection, Dental / complications*
  • Focal Infection, Dental / diagnosis
  • Focal Infection, Dental / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged