Cranio-facial actinomycosis
作者:
LadSantosh D.,
ChandyMathew J.,
期刊:
British Journal of Neurosurgery
(Taylor Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 4
页码: 361-370
ISSN:0268-8697
年代: 1991
DOI:10.3109/02688699109002863
出版商: Taylor&Francis
关键词: Actinomycosis;contiguous spread;cranio-facial;intracranial granuloma;management;osteomyelitis skull
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
In the National Neurosurgical Centre in the Sultanate of Oman, four patients with cranio-facial actinomycosis were seen over a 5-year period. All patients had osteomyelitis and intracranial granulomata and the diagnosis was confirmed with histopathology. In two cases the organisms were cultured. In three patients the cranial spread was by contiguity from the scalp and face while one case had the extradural granuloma following a dental extraction. With medication there was gross reduction of proptosis and intracranial lesion in one patient and in two there was marked reduction in the size of the intracranial lesion as seen on serial computerized tomographic scanning of the head (CT head). Three patients are now asymptomatic and are being followed up while one expired with subarachnoid haemorrhage. Although eradication of the disease is difficult, with adequate medication and appropriate surgical intervention, three of these patients continue to remain relatively symptom-free for long periods of time.
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