Multiple brain abscesses associated with tongue piercing

Arch Neurol. 2009 Oct;66(10):1292. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.204.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Body Piercing / adverse effects*
  • Brain Abscess / etiology*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology
  • Brain Abscess / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / pathology
  • Streptococcus intermedius
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tongue Diseases / etiology*
  • Tongue Diseases / microbiology
  • Tongue Diseases / pathology
  • Young Adult