Brain abscess related to metal fragments 47 years after head injury. Case report.

摘要: The authors report a case of symptomatic brain abscess in 51-year-old man who presented with personality changes and generalized seizures. He had survived grenade explosion injury during the Korean War 47 years previously. Computerized tomography scanning revealed multiple conglomerate rim-enhancing lesions metallic foreign bodies right frontal lobe. mass was totally removed Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from microbial cultures. Retained brain, whether bone or metal, should be at time if all possible. If this cannot accomplished, patients such retained carefully monitored for life.