Cerebral abscess with astrocytoma.
A child with a right parieto-occipital astrocytoma, caped by a large acute pyogenic abscess with flimsy capsule, detected at emergency craniotomy, is presented. Patient succumbed to the disease three hours following surgery.
Bansal
S
S
Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India.
Vasishta
R K
RK
Pathak
A
A
Jindal
V N
VN
Khosla
V K
VK
Banerjee
A K
AK
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans