title: Brain abscess of odontogenic origin.
abstract: Brain abscess is a rare and threatening infection, which is in a suppuration area, caused either by trauma, neurosurgical complication, or by a secondary infection of dental origin complication. The infectious process spread from the start focus can occur in 2 ways: hematogenous or by contiguity. The treatment should ideally be based on the etiological factor excision, combined with drainage and antibiotics as adjuvant; this philosophy is not observed in the reports described in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. This study's goal was to report a case of brain abscess consequent of an odontogenic outbreak, where an adequate treatment was set up, but it was already in advanced stages and had as a result the lethal outcome. Complications from the odontogenic infections have a low incidence, but should never be disregarded, because they can lead to death, as described in this manuscript.
authors: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. antunesctbmf@yahoo.com.br
authors: Antonio Azoubel
authors: AA
authors: Antunes
authors: Thiago
authors: T
authors: de Santana Santos
authors: Ricardo Wathson Feitosa
authors: RW
authors: de Carvalho
authors: Rafael Linard
authors: RL
authors: Avelar
authors: Carlos Umberto
authors: CU
authors: Pereira
authors: José Carlos
authors: JC
authors: Pereira
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged