| Title |
Brain abscess as a manifestation of spinal dermal sinus
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, October 2008
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| DOI | 10.2147/tcrm.s2533 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Parisa Emami-Naeini, Ali Mahdavi, Hamed Ahmadi, Nima Baradaran, Farideh Nejat |
| Abstract |
Dermal sinuses have been associated with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic to drainage of purulent material from the sinus tract, inclusion tumors, meningitis, and spinal abscess. To date, there has been no documented report of brain abscess as a complication of spinal dermal sinus. Here, we report an 8-month-old girl who was presented initially with a brain abscess at early infancy but lumbar dermal sinus and associated spinal abscess were discovered afterwards. The probable mechanisms of this rare association have been discussed. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 15 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 3 | 20% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 13% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 3 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 60% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 27% |
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