Article: Giant Brain Abscess in a Neonate Managed with External Drainage
Abstract:
Brain abscesses in neonates are extremely rare and usually occur in patients with certain risk factors. A 26 days child presented to the emergency with fever, irritability and not sucking well. CT revealed a large left frontal lobe abscess which was managed with burr hole and a drainage tube with concurrent intravenous antibiotics.
G Sedain
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
N Ali
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu,
M Bhattachan
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
MS Sharma
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
SK Shilpakar
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Keywords
abscess, neonate, burr hole, drainage
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v33i1.7317
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