Gas-containing brain abscess due to Fusobacterium nucleatum.
Gas-containing brain abscesses are rarely seen. Recently, in a 28-year-old man, such an abscess ruptured into the lateral ventricle but was treated successfully. Fusobacterium nucleatum, an anaerobic bacillus, was cultured from the pus obtained.
D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed