Flare Up of Tuberculous Abscess Following Stereotactic Aspiration —Case Report—

Ketan DESAI; Mohinish BHATJIWALE; Trimurti NADKARNI; Atul GOEL

doi:10.2176/nmc.42.147

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Online ISSN : 1349-8029
Print ISSN : 0470-8105
ISSN-L : 0470-8105

Case Reports

Flare Up of Tuberculous Abscess Following Stereotactic Aspiration

—Case Report—

Ketan DESAI, Mohinish BHATJIWALE, Trimurti NADKARNI, Atul GOEL

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Keywords: aspiration, brain abscess, stereotaxy, tuberculous abscess

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2002 Volume 42 Issue 3 Pages 147-149

DOI https://doi.org/10.2176/nmc.42.147

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Abstract

A 16-year-old non-immunocompromised and otherwise healthy patient presented with a tuberculous brain abscess. The abscess was aspirated stereotactically. Following the aspiration the disease process flared up and multiple daughter abscess cavities were discovered. The daughter abscesses were removed via craniotomy. Stereotactic aspiration requires care to prevent such flare up of the disease.

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