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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1996;25(6): 1286-1291. |
| Pyogenic Thalamic Brain Abscess: A Case Report. |
| Jin Hwan Cheong, Jae Min Kim, Koang Hum Bak, Hyung Sik Shin, Seong Hoon Oh, Kwang Myung Kim, Dong Woo Park, Soon Kil Kim |
1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University Kuri Hospital, Kuri, Korea.
2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University Kuri Hospital, Kuri, Korea.
3Department of Cardiology, College of Medicine, University Kuri Hospital, Kuri, Korea. |
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The authors investigated a case of surgically verified solitary left thalamic abscess in a 37-year-old man presented with raised intracranial pressure and congenital heart disease(ventricular septal defect). He had experienced headache, vomiting and right hemiparesis, which progressed to somnolence and confusion. Brain computed tomography(CT) and magnetic resonance image(MRI) demonstrated a left thalamic ring-enhanced lesion. The purulent material was drained and subtotal excision was done with a transcallosal transventricular craniotomy. Concomitant systemic antibiotics therapy was a dministered. |
| Key Words:
Thalamic abscess; Ventricular septal defect; MRI |
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