Open AccessForeign-Body Reaction Mimicking Postneurosurgical Infection after Cranioplasty
Author(s) -
David M. BrettMajor,
Sean M. Baraniak,
Jonathan Gilhooly,
Rebecca L. Christensen,
Gerald T. Grant,
Rocco A. Armonda,
Anuradha Ganesan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
military medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1930-613X
pISSN - 0026-4075
DOI - 10.7205/milmed.173.7.697
Subject(s) - cranioplasty , foreign body , medicine , surgery , skull
The case of a 57-year-old woman who suffered a fall is presented. After a polymethyl malacrylate revision cranioplasty, she presented with signs, symptoms, and intraoperative findings consistent with postneurosurgical infection. Dural foreign-body reaction was diagnosed, and parenteral antibiotic therapy was discontinued successfully.
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