title: Occipital epidural abscess causing superior sagittal sinus obstruction.
abstract: The case of a 73-year-old farmer with occipital epidural abscess causing superior sagittal sinus obstruction is reported. Surgical removal of the epidural abscess relieved the obstruction of the superior sagittal sinus (SSS). Early, accurate diagnosis of this entity by X-ray computed tomography (CT) was important in the present case, as was cerebral angiography and immediate neurosurgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Service, Akita University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mineura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamisato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kowada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003392:Cranial Sinuses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*