Typically bacterial; fungal or parasitic is less common
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Antkowiak Ł et al: Clinical features, microbiology, and management of pediatric brainstem abscess. Childs Nerv Syst. 36(12):2919-26, 2020
Jeong DE et al: Brain abscess masquerading as brain infarction. Brain Sci. 10(7), 2020
Lai PH et al: Susceptibility-weighted imaging provides complementary value to diffusion-weighted imaging in the differentiation between pyogenic brain abscesses, necrotic glioblastomas, and necrotic metastatic brain tumors. Eur J Radiol. 117:56-61, 2019
Mameli C et al: Brain abscess in pediatric age: a review. Childs Nerv Syst. 35(7):1117-28, 2019
Oliveira CR et al: Brain magnetic resonance imaging of infants with bacterial meningitis. J Pediatr. 165(1):134-9, 2014
Nickerson JP et al: Neuroimaging of pediatric intracranial infection--part 1: techniques and bacterial infections. J Neuroimaging. 22(2):e42-51, 2012
DeMuri GP et al: Complications of acute bacterial sinusitis in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 30(8):701-2, 2011
Hsiao SY et al: The experiences of non-operative treatment in patients with bacterial brain abscess. Clin Microbiol Infect. 17(4):615-20, 2011
Piatt JH Jr: Intracranial suppuration complicating sinusitis among children: an epidemiological and clinical study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 7(6):567-74, 2011
Arlotti M et al: Consensus document on controversial issues for the treatment of infections of the central nervous system: bacterial brain abscesses. Int J Infect Dis. 14 Suppl 4:S79-92, 2010
Kuczkowski J et al: Pediatric otogenic intracranial abscesses. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 143(3):470; author reply 470-1, 2010
Nath K et al: Assessment of therapeutic response in patients with brain abscess using diffusion tensor imaging. World Neurosurg. 73(1):63-8; discussion e6, 2010
Shachor-Meyouhas Y et al: Brain abscess in children - epidemiology, predisposing factors and management in the modern medicine era. Acta Paediatr. 99(8):1163-7, 2010
Tsai BY et al: Pott's puffy tumor in children. Childs Nerv Syst. 26(1):53-60, 2010
Gelabert-González M et al: Management of brain abscess in children. J Paediatr Child Health. 44(12):731-5, 2008
Kao KL et al: Brain abscesses in children: analysis of 20 cases presenting at a medical center. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 41(5):403-7, 2008
Gupta RK et al: High fractional anisotropy in brain abscesses versus other cystic intracranial lesions. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 26(5):1107-14, 2005
Tsuyuguchi N et al: Evaluation of treatment effects in brain abscess with positron emission tomography: comparison of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and carbon-11-methionine. Ann Nucl Med. 17(1):47-51, 2003
Lai PH et al: Brain abscess and necrotic brain tumor: discrimination with proton MR spectroscopy and diffusion-weighted imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 23(8):1369-77, 2002
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Focal pyogenic infection of brain parenchyma
Typically bacterial; fungal or parasitic is less common
IMAGING
General Features
CT Findings
MR Findings
Nuclear Medicine Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Staging, Grading, & Classification
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Consider
Image Interpretation Pearls
Selected References
Antkowiak Ł et al: Clinical features, microbiology, and management of pediatric brainstem abscess. Childs Nerv Syst. 36(12):2919-26, 2020
Jeong DE et al: Brain abscess masquerading as brain infarction. Brain Sci. 10(7), 2020
Lai PH et al: Susceptibility-weighted imaging provides complementary value to diffusion-weighted imaging in the differentiation between pyogenic brain abscesses, necrotic glioblastomas, and necrotic metastatic brain tumors. Eur J Radiol. 117:56-61, 2019
Mameli C et al: Brain abscess in pediatric age: a review. Childs Nerv Syst. 35(7):1117-28, 2019
Oliveira CR et al: Brain magnetic resonance imaging of infants with bacterial meningitis. J Pediatr. 165(1):134-9, 2014
Nickerson JP et al: Neuroimaging of pediatric intracranial infection--part 1: techniques and bacterial infections. J Neuroimaging. 22(2):e42-51, 2012
DeMuri GP et al: Complications of acute bacterial sinusitis in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 30(8):701-2, 2011
Hsiao SY et al: The experiences of non-operative treatment in patients with bacterial brain abscess. Clin Microbiol Infect. 17(4):615-20, 2011
Piatt JH Jr: Intracranial suppuration complicating sinusitis among children: an epidemiological and clinical study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 7(6):567-74, 2011
Arlotti M et al: Consensus document on controversial issues for the treatment of infections of the central nervous system: bacterial brain abscesses. Int J Infect Dis. 14 Suppl 4:S79-92, 2010
Kuczkowski J et al: Pediatric otogenic intracranial abscesses. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 143(3):470; author reply 470-1, 2010
Nath K et al: Assessment of therapeutic response in patients with brain abscess using diffusion tensor imaging. World Neurosurg. 73(1):63-8; discussion e6, 2010
Shachor-Meyouhas Y et al: Brain abscess in children - epidemiology, predisposing factors and management in the modern medicine era. Acta Paediatr. 99(8):1163-7, 2010
Tsai BY et al: Pott's puffy tumor in children. Childs Nerv Syst. 26(1):53-60, 2010
Gelabert-González M et al: Management of brain abscess in children. J Paediatr Child Health. 44(12):731-5, 2008
Kao KL et al: Brain abscesses in children: analysis of 20 cases presenting at a medical center. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 41(5):403-7, 2008
Gupta RK et al: High fractional anisotropy in brain abscesses versus other cystic intracranial lesions. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 26(5):1107-14, 2005
Tsuyuguchi N et al: Evaluation of treatment effects in brain abscess with positron emission tomography: comparison of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and carbon-11-methionine. Ann Nucl Med. 17(1):47-51, 2003
Lai PH et al: Brain abscess and necrotic brain tumor: discrimination with proton MR spectroscopy and diffusion-weighted imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 23(8):1369-77, 2002
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