A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected material from a focus of suppuration elsewhere in the body, notably the PARANASAL SINUSES, middle ear (see EAR, MIDDLE); HEART (see also ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL), and LUNG. Penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA and NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES may also be associated with this condition. Clinical manifestations include HEADACHE; SEIZURES; focal neurologic deficits; and alterations of consciousness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp712-6)
    

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Brain abcess : a review of thirty-surgical cases / by Frank H. Mayfield and R. Glen Spurling.

The treatment of brain abcess by the induction of protective adhesions between the brain cortex and the dura berfore the establishment of drainage / Charles E. Dowman.

The treatment of brain abcess by unroofing and temporary herniation of abcess cavity with the avoidance of usual drainage methods : with notes on the management of hernia cerebri in general / by Joseph E.J. King.

Brain Abscess

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Brain abcess : a review of thirty-surgical cases / by Frank H. Mayfield and R. Glen Spurling.

The treatment of brain abcess by the induction of protective adhesions between the brain cortex and the dura berfore the establishment of drainage / Charles E. Dowman.

The treatment of brain abcess by unroofing and temporary herniation of abcess cavity with the avoidance of usual drainage methods : with notes on the management of hernia cerebri in general / by Joseph E.J. King.

Abcess of the brain / by Heinrich Neumann.

The surgical treatment of brain abcess by exposure and enucleation / Robert A. Groff and Francis C. Grant.