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Disease Information for Brain abscess (Clinical Manifestations)
abscess brain, brain abscess, Brain Abscesses, Intracranial abscess((brain))
A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected material from a focus of suppuration elsewhere in the body, notably the PARANASAL SINUSES, middle ear (see EAR, MIDDLE), HEART (see also ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL), and LUNG. Penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA and NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES may also be associated with this condition. Clinical manifestations include HEADACHE, SEIZURES, focal neurologic deficits, and alterations of consciousness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp712-6)
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- Merck Manual
- PubMed
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- eMedicine (medscape)
- Harrison's Online
- NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)
Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
- Paroxysmal Shivering
- Rigors/Shaking chills
- Teeth Chattering
- Uncontrollable Shaking
- Face Pain
- Relative Bradycardia with Fever (Fagets sign)
- Slow pulse/Bradycardia
- Tachycardia/Fast heart rate
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Vomiting in Elderly
- Vomiting recurrent
- Weakness/one arm
- Altered mental status Mental status change
- Aphasia
- Ataxia
- Ataxia
- Babinski's up-going toe reflex/unilateral
- Babinski's upgoing toes/bilateral
- Brudzinski's sign positive
- Central Facial Paralysis
- CNS symptoms/signs
- Cognitive defect
- Confabulation
- Confusion/agitation on exam
- Confusion/Disoriented
- Conjugate gaze paralysis
- Cranial nerve abnormalities/involvement/signs
- Dilated pupil unilateral
- Dilated unilateral/poorly reactive pupil
- Dizziness/Dizzy
- Drowsiness/somnolence
- Dysphasia
- Extinction parietal/sensory two touch sign
- Facial Nerve Palsy/Facial Paralysis
- Facial weakness/droop, unilateral
- Focal neurologic deficit
- Fontanelle bulging, infant
- Frontal lobe signs
- Headache
- Headache, severe
- Headache/relentless
- Headache/worse in afternoon/evening
- Hemianesthesia
- Hemianopsia/homonymous/sign
- Hemiplegic Gait
- Hemisensory defects
- Impaired judgement/signs
- Inattention
- Infant Seizures
- Inferior hemianopsia
- Jacksonian seizure
- Lethargy/torpor
- Long tract signs
- Memory Loss in Elderly
- Morning headaches
- Neurological symptoms/signs
- Nocturnal Headache
- Numbness/one-sided
- Nystagmus
- Obtunded/poorly responsive status/signs
- Papilledema on exam
- Personality change
- Progressive headache
- Seizures
- Seizures/Children/recurrent
- Short term memory loss
- Staggering Gait
- Stiff neck/Nuchal rigidity
- Stroke syndrome/signs
- Stupor/poor reponse to stimulus
- Sudden unconsciousness
- Unconscious/Narcosis status
- Vertigo
- Personality changes/gradual
- Macrocephaly/Large head
- Urine Incontinence
- Chills
- Chronically ill patient/signs
- Fatigue Tiredness in Elderly
- Fever
- Fever Febrile Possible
- Fevers, low grade/recurrent
- Flu-Like Syndrome
- High body temperature
- Low body temperature
- Malaise
- Weakness
- Acute Vision Loss
- Anisocoria
- Blind spot enlarged/signs
- Blurred Optic Disk Margin
- Diplopia Double vision
- Pupil Abnormal/Signs
- Squint/sign
- Unequal pupils
- Visual symptoms
- True Vertigo Sign Confirmed
- Typical Clinical Presentation
- Delirium in Dialysis Patient
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
- Disease Progression
- Course/Chronic disorder
- Course/Potentially lethal/untreated
- Course/Some residual effects/possible
- Course/Subacute
- Lethal Potential
- Signs & Symptoms
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