Treatment of otogenic brain abscess in pregnancy.
OBJECTIVE
Otogenic intracranial abscess complicating pregnancy has not been reported in world literature. We report the first case of cerebellar abscess secondary to chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) in a 23-year-old lady at 35 weeks of gestation. She was successfully treated by Caesarean section and delivery of a healthy baby, followed by combined neurosurgical and otologic procedures in the same anesthetic sitting.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Tertiary care referral center in a developing country.


CONCLUSIONS
Otogenic intracranial abscess complicating pregnancy is an extremely challenging therapeutic dilemma for the attending health care provider. Concurrent surgical management by multidisciplinary intervention is safe and to be considered the treatment of choice in a tertiary referral center.
Jacob
Chundamannil Eapen
CE
Department of ENT, Speech & Hearing, Head and Neck Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.
Kurien
Mary
M
Varghese
Ajoy Mathew
AM
Aleyamma
Thayparmbil Kunjummen
TK
Jasper
Padmini
P
Prabu
Krishna
K
Poonnoose
Santosh I
SI
D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult