Management of brain abscess and lateral sinus thrombosis of otogenic origin : a multidisciplinary team approach and review of literature

Abstract EN

IN this era of antibiotics the incidence of {)rain abscess and lateral sinus thrombosis (LST) secondary to chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) should not be underesti-mated and the management still remains a clinical chal-lenge.

We review the clinical records of patients who pre-sented with temporal lobe abscess (Case1), cerebellar and extradural abscess (Case 2) and LST (Case 3) of otogenic origin and discuss the importance ofmultidisciplinary team approach in the management ofthese high-risk cases.

We review the literature in detail and discuss the epidemiol-ogy, clinical presentation, diagnostic modalities, treatment options and controversies in the management of brain abs-cess and 1ST