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ArticleCureus2024

Pediatric Intracranial Abscess From Sinusitis Leading to Status Epilepticus: A Clinical Case Report.

Brian Bartlett, Luke Crance, Jennifer Myaeng, Ashley Anderson

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian BartlettEmergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Mankato, USA.
Luke CranceEmergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Mankato, USA.
Jennifer MyaengPediatrics, Mayo Clinic, Mankato, USA.
Ashley AndersonEmergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Mankato, USA.
Mayo Clinic in Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case study presents the rare incidence of an eight-year-old female with a pediatric intracranial abscess, a life-threatening complication of sinusitis. The patient manifested focal neurological deficits and experienced status epilepticus before presenting to the Emergency Department. She had been diagnosed with sinusitis and prescribed amoxicillin one day prior. The case underscores the importance of early recognition and intervention in managing this rare but potentially fatal complication of a common pediatric illness.

Indexed as

altered mental statusfocal neurological deficitspediatric intracranial abscesssinusitisstatus epilepticus

Identifiers

PMID38344593
PMCPMC10858748
OpenAlexW4390734225

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