Brain abscess

J.Sales-Llopis

Neurosurgery Department, General University Hospital Alicante, Spain.

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A brain abscess is a localized collection of pus or infected material within the brain tissue.

see also Intracranial abscess.

Brain abscess classification.

Brain abscess epidemiology.

see Brain abscess etiology.

A brain abscess is a focal area of necrosis starting in an area of cerebritis surrounded by a membrane.

Brain abscesses are suppurative infections of the brain parenchyma surrounded by a vascularized capsule.

Cerebral abscesses result from pathogens growing within the brain parenchyma. Initial parenchymal infection is known as cerebritis, which may progress into a cerebral abscess.

Cerebral infection is commonly divided into four stages with distinct imaging and histopathologic features:

early cerebritis (a focal infection without a capsule or pus formation,can resolve or develop into frank abscess) late cerebritis

early abscess/encapsulation - may occur 10 days after infection

late abscess/encapsulation - may occur >14 days after infection.

Brain abscess clinical features.

see Brain abscess diagnosis.

see Brain abscess differential diagnosis.

see Brain abscess treatment.

see Brain abscess management.

Brain abscess outcome.

Brain abscess case series.

see Brain abscess case reports.

Brain abscess case reports from General University Hospital Alicante

see Brain abscess books.