Pediatric brain abscess
Typically caused by a bacterial infection or fungal infection, a brain abscess (ab·scess) is a pool of pus, immune cells or other materials in the brain.
What is a pediatric brain abscess?
Brain abscesses usually occur when bacteria, fungi, infected brain cells or white blood cells infect part of the brain, and swelling and irritation (inflammation) result. Tissue forms around these cells and creates a mass, known as an abscess.
What are the signs and symptoms of a pediatric brain abscess?
A child with a brain abscess may show symptoms right away, or they may come on more gradually.
Signs and symptoms of a brain abscess include:
What are the causes of a pediatric brain abscess?
Germs cause brain abscesses.
They can reach the brain in multiple ways:
Enter the brain directly, during brain surgery
From a sinus infection (rare)
Through the blood from another infection, such as in the lung or heart
Pediatric brain abscess doctors and providers
Brad Edward Weprin, MDPediatric Neurosurgeon
Bruno Braga, MDPediatric Neurosurgeon
Michael Dowling, MDPediatric Neurologist
Saima Kayani, MDPediatric Neurologist
Angela Price, MDPediatric Neurosurgeon
Eric Remster, MDPediatric Neurologist
Lauren Sanchez, MDPediatric Neurologist
Dale Swift, MDPediatric Neurosurgeon
Cynthia Wang, MDPediatric Neurologist
Brett Whittemore, MDPediatric Neurosurgeon