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GUERRA SANCHEZ, Rafael et al. Multiple brain abscess of the right temporary lobe, report of a case. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2020, vol.42, n.3, pp. 1948-1959.  Epub 30-Jun-2020. ISSN 1684-1824.

Brain abscess is a focal infectious process of the brain parenchyma. It begins with a located area of cerebritis and progresses to a pus collection surrounded by a well-vasculirized capsule. Mortality oscillates from 5 % to 15% of the cases, except in the intraventricular rupture of the brain abscess, situation in which mortality oscillates from 38 % to 84 %, with high rates of disability in survivors. The case presented is the case of a patient aged 47 years, with infectious neurologic symptoms besides neurologic signs showing the functional disorder of the non-dominant temporal lobe. Several complementary tests were carried out and two right temporal brain abscesses were diagnosed. The patient underwent a neurosurgery; his evolution was satisfactory with the almost total regression of the symptoms before surgery.

Palabras clave : brain abscess; neurologic surgery; temporal lobe.

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