| Home | E-Submission | Sitemap | Editorial Office |  
top_img
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2003;34(3): 271-273.
A Case of Infected Subdural Hematoma.
Cheol Hyun Choi, Byung Gwan Moon, Hee In Kang, Joo Seung Kim
Department of Neurosurgery, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mbg2304@eulji.or.kr
ABSTRACT
A 69-year-old man, suffering from diabetes, presented with drowsiness and general weakness is reported. Brain computed tomography revealed low density subdural lesion in the left hemisphere. A single burr hole was trephined and purulent material with liquified hematoma was drained to reveal Klebsiella pneumoniae from the specimen culture. Due to the unexplained postoperative mental deterioration and high fever, the patient underwent abdominal sonography to reveal liver abscess and the same pathogen was also cultured from the liver abscess. This case was very rare in that Klebsiella pneumoniae implanted into the vascularized capsule of the chronic subdural hematoma by hematogenous bacteremia. When chronic subdural hematoma is present in an immunocompromised or in old age patient, the infected subdural hematoma might be considered as one of the differential diagnosis.
Key Words: Subdural empyema; Chronic subdural hematoma; Infection; Klebsiella pneumoniae
TOOLS
Full text via DOI  Full text via DOI
Download Citation  Download Citation
Share:      
METRICS
1,149
View
21
Download
Related articles
How to Treat Chronic Subdural Hematoma? Past and Now  2019 March;62(2)
A Case of Ependymoblastoma.  1972 October;1(1)
A Clinical Observation on Cerebral Hemiatrophy.  1973 June;2(1)
A Rare Case of Erosin of the Overlying Dura and Skull in Ependymoblastoma.  1973 October;2(2)
The Clinical Observation on the Acute Epidural Hematoma.  1974 June;3(1)
Editorial Office
1F, 18, Heolleung-ro 569-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
TEL: +82-2-525-7552   FAX: +82-2-525-7554   E-mail: kns61@neurosurgery.or.kr
About |  Browse Articles |  Current Issue |  For Authors and Reviewers
Copyright © Korean Neurosurgical Society.                 Developed in M2PI
Close layer