Author analyzed 28 cases of otogenic brain abscess which had been reported during 1958 to 1967 in Korea, including 3 cases which experienced in our hospital and 2 cases in Woo suk med. hospital.
Of these 28 cases, 16 cases were temporal lobe and 12 cases cerebellar abscess.
In 21 sasses (75%) out of 28 cases, brain abscess associated cholesteatoma were observed.
12 cases (44.4%) of all these cases revealed gram negative bacilli and 7 cases gram positive cocci.
As regards initial symptoms and signs, headache and vomiting were present in 85.7%, neck-stiffness in 68.7%, and papilledema in 30%.
The mortality rate in the present series was 57%.
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