Interhemispheric Subdural Empyema Secondary to Sinusitis in an Adolescent Girl  

作　　者：Yao-Yao Shen Zhi-Juan Cheng Jing-Yan Chai Ting-Min Dai Ying Luo Yan-Qin Guan Hong-Bing Nie 

机构地区：[1]Department of Neurology,The Affiliated Hospital of Jiujiang University,Jiujiang,Jiangxi 332000,China [2]Department of Neurology,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University,Nanchang,Jiangxi 330006,China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2018年第24期2989-2990,共2页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：To the Editor:With the advent of antibiotics application,intracranial complications of paranasal sinusitis,including meningitis, intracranial abscess,subdural empyema (SDE),epidural abscess, cavernous sinus thrombosis,and thrombosis of other dural sinuses, have become uncommon. However,SDE is still a life-threatening disease entity.It is defined as a purulent collection between dura mater and arachnoid.The most common cause of SDE is sinusitis.Other causes include meningitis,otitis media,operative infection,head trauma,and bacteremic seeding of previous subdural hematoma, Here,we present a rapidly progressive case ofinterhemispheric SDE following sinusitis.Clinicians should be aware of SDE when the patient presents with headache and fever,and neuroimaging manifests as a dilated subdural space especially in adolescent with sinusitis.

关 键 词：INTERHEMISPHERIC SUBDURAL EMPYEMA ADOLESCENT GIRL 

分 类 号：R[医药卫生]