A delayed frontorbital abscess caused by a penetrating nonmissile foreign body (a bamboo stick).
We report an interesting case of delayed frontal abscess caused by a penetrating nonmissile foreign body, a bamboo stick in a 1.5-year-old male child. A parietal craniotomy was performed, and the brain abscess was resected along with the foreign body without any damage to the surrounding brain tissue. He also received the appropriate antibiotics. The child made a good recovery.
Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. liuwenke781103@yahoo.com.cn
Wen-Ke
WK
Liu
Lu
L
Ma
Bo-Yong
BY
Mao
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents