[Endocranial complications of chronic otitis in adults].
47 patients with intracranial abscess were admitted in the neurosurgical department of Professor Fohanno Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, between 1973 and 1989. Most often central abscesses were found. In 9 cases, the ear was the primary septic focus: 3 chronic otitis with cholesteatoma, 6 chronic otitis without cholesteatoma. In most cases, treatment included: Immediate drainage, Delayed surgery for the primary focus.
Poignonec
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Service d'ORL, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
Lamas
G
G
Fougeront
B
B
Sichez
J P
JP
Guenon
P
P
Szalay
M
M
Bengana
C
C
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010031:Otitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Complications endo-crâniennes des otites chroniques chez l'adulte.