Brain abscess

Cefalea frontale con tumefazione: un raro caso di pneumoencefalo di origine infettiva

Raffaldi I, Dall'Olio E, Mogni R, Castagno E, Cerchio R, Garazzino S, Pruccoli G, Denina M, Peradotto F, Bondone C

2026/1 — pag. 1-4 — DOI

Intracranial complications of acute sinusitis in children are uncommon but may lead to serious neurological impairment. These intracranial complications include pneumocephalus, cerebral abscess, empyema, meningitis, cellulitis, orbital abscess and ca...

Pott puffy che? Una bambina unicorno

Tolone R, Minute M

2025/10 — pag. 274-274 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old girl presenting with frontal swelling, headache, purulent rhinorrhoea and fever, all symptoms consistent with Pott’s puffy tumor, a rare complication of frontal sinusitis. CT and MRI revealed frontal and et...

Sinusite con sorpresa

Malni I

2023/6 — pag. 107-108 — DOI

The diagnosis of cerebral abscess was eventually made in a 9-year-old boy presenting with headache and fever, who was initially diagnosed with sinusitis. Some typical signs of intracranial hypertension were present....

L’ascesso cerebrale: due casi a confronto

Pogliaghi M, Franchi F, Gaffuri M, Silvagni D, La Fauci G

2022/7 — pag. 461-463 — DOI

Brain abscess is a very rare and aggressive infection of the brain tissue; if this condition is not promptly recognized and adequately treated, it has a high mortality and a high frequency of long-term neurological outcomes. The paper describes two c...

L’ascesso cerebrale: due casi a confronto

Pogliaghi M, Franchi F, Gaffuri M, Silvagni D, La Fauci G

2022/7 — pag. 139-143 — DOI

Brain abscess is a very rare and aggressive infection of the brain tissue; if this condition is not promptly recognized and adequately treated, it has a high mortality and a high frequency of long-term neurological outcomes. The paper describes two c...

Ebinyo: conseguenze di un’antica tradizione africana

A. Smarrazzo, V. Omona

2020/2 — pag. 26-29

The paper describes the case of a 9 month-old child, admitted with a history of fever and neck stiffness in the Paediatric Ward of St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu, Uganda. The child initially was managed as a suspect case of meningitis, but later t...

Otite e mastoidite

V. Ragnoni, L. Viola, B. Bigucci, F. Libertucci, G. Vergine, G. Maggiore

2018/4

Una presentazione atipica di mastoidite acuta con tumefazione dei tessuti molli in sede temporo-mandibolare

C. Udina, S. Dal Bo, G. Papucci, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2017/6

The paper presents a case of acute mastoiditis with atypical presentation, characterized by high fever, painful oedema in the temporo-mandibular region and disability in opening the mouth. Pain was exacerbated by exerting pressure on the temporal bon...

“Ubi pus ibi... expecta et observa”

A. Tonetto, I. Giuseppin

2014/6

Dal sentimento alla ragione…

M. Ruggeri, A. Gervasoni, A. Mazza, L. Verdoni, A. Locatelli, L. Martelli, E. Frassoni, R. Corbetta, S. Motta, M. Negro

2013/9

Sepsi complicata da ascesso cerebrale. Un caso clinico

F. Sbravati, G. Faldella

2013/2

Un lattante con torcicollo

F.M. Bosetti, M. Bianciotto, M. Conrieri, A.F. Urbino

2012/2

Una sinusite complicata

G. Gorlato, S. Pastore, M. Chinello, D. Sanabor, F. Marchetti

2011/2

We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with a one-month-and-an-half story of fever, rhinorrhoea, headache and vomiting. Initially neurological assessment resulted normal and a diagnosis of acute sinus infection was made. Since the patient worsened,...

Le complicanze settiche in ORL

V. Leone

2002/10 — pag. 647-654

The Author reviews the topic of septic complications in paediatric otolaryngology, which, although now rare due to improved nutrition, immunisation and case management, still represent an challenge for practicing paediatricians, also due to their i...