title: [Clinical analysis of nasogenic brain abscess].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical features of nasogenic brain abscess.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four patients with nasogenic brain abscess diagnosed in Tianjin huanhu hospital between June 2007 and January 2013 were reported and the relevant literatures reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All four patients were frontal abscess, however, the pathogeny of frontal abscess were different. These four patients were treated by different methods and followed up from 12-28 months, no recurrence was found. All four patients were cured.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical manifestation of nasogenic brain abscess was hiding and was easy to misdiagnosis. Enhanced MRI is the key of the diagnosis. According to the pathogeny of brain abscess, it was important to cure nasogenic brain abscess with different ways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China.
authors.forename: Huanxin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China. Email: liugang60@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies