251. Otogenic cerebellar abscess: a case report.
- Author
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Richter GT, Smith JA, and Dornhoffer JL
- Subjects
- Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Bacteroidaceae Infections drug therapy, Brain Abscess diagnostic imaging, Brain Abscess surgery, Cerebellar Diseases diagnostic imaging, Cerebellar Diseases surgery, Emergency Service, Hospital, Granulation Tissue pathology, Humans, Infusions, Intravenous, Male, Mastoid diagnostic imaging, Mastoid microbiology, Mastoid surgery, Otitis Media, Suppurative surgery, Proteus Infections drug therapy, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Tympanic Membrane microbiology, Tympanic Membrane pathology, Tympanic Membrane surgery, Young Adult, Bacteroidaceae Infections complications, Bacteroides isolation & purification, Brain Abscess microbiology, Cerebellar Diseases microbiology, Otitis Media, Suppurative complications, Proteus Infections complications, Proteus mirabilis isolation & purification
- Abstract
This case report describes the gradual deterioration of a healthy, highly functioning man who initially presented with a draining right ear. The patient's indolent neurologic decline and referral to an otologist ultimately led to the diagnosis and treatment of an otogenic cerebellar abscess, an increasingly rare intracranial complication of otitis media. We report this case to illustrate that severe complications of chronic otitis media still occur in the United States, to stress the importance of clinical suspicion in the postantibiotic era, and to review the literature regarding the most appropriate time to perform the otologic portion of the surgery.
- Published
- 2009