DELAYED RECURRENCE OF CEREBELLAR-ABSCESS 20 YEARS AFTER EXCISION OF DERMOID CYST AND SINUS

Authors
HASHMI S JONES RAC
Citation
S. Hashmi et Rac. Jones, DELAYED RECURRENCE OF CEREBELLAR-ABSCESS 20 YEARS AFTER EXCISION OF DERMOID CYST AND SINUS, British journal of neurosurgery, 12(4), 1998, pp. 358-360
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
358 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1998)12:4<358:DROC2Y>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A patient is described who suffered a greatly delayed reappearance of a cerebellar abscess, 20 years after excision, in childhood, of a midl ine dermoid cyst with associated abscess formation. A similar organism was cultured on both occasions.