[Subdural empyema secondary to sinusitis]

Rev Chilena Infectol. 2006 Mar;23(1):73-6. doi: 10.4067/s0716-10182006000100011. Epub 2006 Feb 2.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Subdural empyema is a rare complication of sinusitis in children. Its clinical presentation represents a neurosurgical emergency and as a scarcely recognized entity a delayed diagnosis rapidly increases its fatal prognosis. We report the clinical and radiological course of an adolescent with a subdural empyema secondary to sinusitis. Clinical and radiological features, laboratory findings and outcome of this condition are discussed based in a review of previously reported cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Craniotomy
  • Empyema, Subdural / diagnosis
  • Empyema, Subdural / etiology*
  • Empyema, Subdural / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sinusitis / complications*
  • Sinusitis / diagnosis
  • Sinusitis / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed