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Cerebral abscess
Author(s) -
Nielsen Henri,
Gyldensted Carsten,
Harmsen Aage
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1982.tb03114.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neurosurgery , abscess , brain abscess , cerebral angiography , computed tomography , angiography , radiology , surgery
From 1935–1976 a total of 200 patients with cerebral abscesses were referred to the University Clinic of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. The primary source of infection could be established in 169 cases (85 %). Bacteria could be cultured in 58% of the cases. From 1935–1957 nearly all patients were subjected to ventriculography (107/129). Cerebral angiography was the dominating diagnostic method from 1958–1974. Since then, 30 patients with a suspected intracranial abscess have been examined by computed tomography. The overall mortality has been 40%, but for the period 1958–1976 17%.