Gemella morbillorum deep brain abscess successfully treated with combined stereotactic, medical, and imaging approach

Messori, Anna; Bartolucci, Francesca; Dini, Marco; Paggi, Alessandra Mataloni; Ricciuti, Riccardo A; Rychlicki, Franco; Salvolini, Ugo

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Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 143-151, November 2002

Gemella morbillorum deep brain abscess successfully treated with combined stereotactic, medical, and imaging approach

Anna Messori
- Neuroradiological Clinic, General Hospital “Umberto I” and University of Ancona, via Conca 1, Torrette di Ancona, 60020 Ancona, Italy
Francesca Bartolucci
- Neuroradiological Clinic, General Hospital “Umberto I” and University of Ancona, via Conca 1, Torrette di Ancona, 60020 Ancona, Italy
Marco Dini
- Infectious Diseases Division, General Hospital “Umberto I”, Ancona, Italy
Alessandra Mataloni Paggi
- Infectious Diseases Division, General Hospital “Umberto I”, Ancona, Italy
Riccardo A Ricciuti
- Neurosurgical Clinic, General Hospital “Umberto I” and University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
Franco Rychlicki
- Neurosurgical Clinic, General Hospital “Umberto I” and University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
Ugo Salvolini
- Neuroradiological Clinic, General Hospital “Umberto I” and University of Ancona, via Conca 1, Torrette di Ancona, 60020 Ancona, Italy
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +39-071-596-4071; fax: +39-071-888-822

Received 27 December 2001; received in revised form 28 December 2001; accepted 29 December 2001.

Abstract

A rare case of brain abscess due to Gemella morbillorum, a normal inhabitant of the oral cavity, is presented. The aim of this report is to draw the attention of radiology literature readers to this little known pathogen, which caused a potentially life-threatening condition in an immunocompetent young man, and to emphasise the usefulness of a combined stereotactic, medical, and imaging approach to deep-located brain abscesses.

Keywords: Gemella morbillorum, Brain abscess, Stereotactic surgery, Computerized tomography