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Solitary abscess of the brainstem
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1964
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Bacterial MeningitisNeuroanatomyNeuroinfectious DiseasesBasal MeningitisClassical Brainstem SyndromesCerebrospinal FluidSolitary AbscessNeurologyAnatomyCentral Nervous SystemEncephalitisNeuropathologyMedicineBrain Lesion
Abstract : A total of 38 reported cases of solitary abscess of the brainstem were studied. The route of infection may be direct extension usually from suppuration from the middle ear or hematogenous spread from a remote focus. In some instances, the route of infection is unknown. The clinical picture often is complicated by the prescence of basal meningitis or dural thrombophlebitis. The most frequent signs and symptoms described in all 38 patients were facial weakness, fever, headache, hemiparesis, dysphagia, and vomiting, but classical brainstem syndromes (that is, alternating cranial nerve and long tract signs) were present in only 11. (Author)