This Article Full Text Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Request Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Chen, S.-T. Articles by Ro, L.-S. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Chen, S.-T. Articles by Ro, L.-S.

(Stroke. 1995;26:696-698.)
© 1995 American Heart Association, Inc.

Articles

Brain Abscess as a Complication of Stroke

Sien-Tsong Chen, MD; Lok-Ming Tang, MD, MSc Long-Sun Ro, MD, PhD

From the Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.

Background Systemic infection is a common complication of stroke. However, brain abscess as a complication of stroke has never been reported.

Case Descriptions We report two patients, one with a hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage and the other with nonseptic cerebral infarction. In both patients, brain abscess developed at the stroke lesion site after an infectious complication. After surgical aspiration and antibiotic treatment, one patient recovered and the other died.

Conclusions These two cases demonstrate that brain abscess may occur in a previous hemorrhage or infarction area as a complication of systemic infection. Recognition of the risk is important for early diagnosis and proper treatment of this potentially fatal complication of stroke.

Key Words: brain abscess • cerebral infarction • complications • intracerebral hemorrhage

This article has been cited by other articles:

				R. AL-Okaili and S. J. Patel Brain Abscess after Endovascular Coiling of a Saccular Aneurysm: Case Report AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., April 1, 2002; 23(4): 697 - 699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]