title: Brain abscess secondary to otitis media.
abstract: Otogenic brain abscess still occurs despite advances in antibiotics. The possible diagnosis should be disproved rather than ignored in any patient who presents with a discharging ear and who has any intracranial symptoms. Otogenic brain abscess carries a 47.2 per cent risk of a fatal outcome and those patients who survive have a 95 per cent risk of developing epilepsy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications*; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents