title: Chronic abscess of the brain stem.
abstract: The incidence of solitary brain stem abscess is less than 4% of all posterior fossa abscesses, and probably less than 1% of all intracranial abscesses. Two cases are reported, both presenting as chronic progressive clinical problems and initially diagnosed as gliomas. It is suggested that aspiration is a more suitable treatment than excision, and that in cases secondary to otogenic disease, radical mastoidectomy might have been an adequate method of prophylaxis.
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001933:Brain Stem; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed