Trial of initial non surgical treatment of subdural empyema
Bensaid, P.; Dantas, F.; Lecacheux, C.; Gandon-Laloum, S.; N'Guyen, B.; Yaseen, H.
Pediatrie 48(7-8): 529-532
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4021 PMID: 7909368 Document Number: 421331
The authors report on an 8-year-old girl who experienced bilateral subdural frontoparietal and interhemispheric empyema following sinusitis. The child improved after initial treatment with a 3 weeks course of parenteral antibiotics. Surgical drainage was further required because of clinical aggravation; however, this evolution was related to bilateral frontoparietal brain edema and abscesses fluid was sterile.