Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

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Management of Otogenic Brain Abscess Using the Transmastoid Approach

  • Choi, June (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Korea University Ansan Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Jong Il (Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Ansan Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Dae (Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Ansan Hospital)
  • Received : 2013.10.22
  • Accepted : 2014.02.13
  • Published : 2014.03.28
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Abstract

Despite significant advances in the treatment of all forms of chronic otitis media (COM), complications still can and do occur, with intracranial complications representing the most life-threatening cases, often requiring immediate therapeutic intervention. Herein, we present a rare case of rapidly progressing facial paralysis with concomitant severe headache and ipsilateral hearing loss secondary to an otogenic brain abscess, treated with the transmastoid approach, drainage, and facial nerve decompression.

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