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KMID : 0355620140400030147
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Journal of Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
2014 Volume.40 No. 3 p.147 ~ p.151
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Brain abscess due to odontogenic infection
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Park Sung-Yong
Suh Dong-Won
Park Chul-Min
Oh Min-Seok
Lee Dong-Kun
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Abstract
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In this report, we describe a case of brain abscess due to odontogenic infection. A 53-year-old female who had been suffering from headache and trismus for two weeks visited the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Sun Dental Hospital (Daejeon, Korea). Even after several routine tests, we still could not make a diagnosis. However, after the combined multidisciplinary efforts of oral surgeons and neurosurgeons, the patient was treated for odontogenic infection and made an uneventful recovery. Therefore, patients with infections in the head and neck region showing symptoms such as headache, changes in mental state, nausea, vomiting, seizures, hemiplegia, speech disturbance, and visual disturbance, a brain abscess should be included in the list of differential diagnoses.
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KEYWORD
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Brain abscess, Odontogenic, Infection
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