20 April 2004
Brain absces with a selective IgA deficient patient
Elvan Caglar Citak, Kivilcim Gucuyener, Ayşe Serdaroglu, Funda Erkasar Citak, Öznur KonusCase Rep Clin Pract Rev 2004; 5(null):236-240 :: ID: 12310
Abstract
Background: Intracranial abscesses due to sinusitis predominates in the second and third decade, being infrequent in childhood. Serious complications of sinusitis are infrequent. However; when an intracranial complication occurs, a 10% to 20% mortality rate is reported despite early and aggressive therapy. To our knowledge the occurence of brain abscess in a patient with IgA deficiency has never been reported in children except in a newborn period.Case Report: Hereby we report a previously healthy girl who had a selective IgA deficiency, and later developed an intracerebral absces and subdural effusion after sinusitis and discuss this event under the light of literature.Conclusions: If the patient develops a serious infections an evaluation of the immunologic profile is needed, to rull out an unnoticed selective IgA deficiency.
Keywords: brain absces, IgA Deficiency, childhood
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