TY - JOUR
T1 - Cranial melioidosis with extradural extension after a fall in the bathroom
AU - Naha, Kushal
AU - Dasari, Sowjanya
AU - Kusugodlu, Ramamoorthi
AU - Prabhu, Mukhyaprana
PY - 2012/9/11
Y1 - 2012/9/11
N2 - A 32-year-old diabetic male, with a past history of head injury and seizures, presented with a painful swelling over his forehead present for the past three months. Cranial MRI demonstrated the presence of a scalp collection with extradural extension through a bony defect. Biopsy from the area showed caseating necrosis suggestive of tuberculosis. Although the patient failed to return for initiation of anti-tubercular therapy for the next 11 months, the swelling did not progress, and there were no constitutional symptoms. The indolent nature of the swelling prompted re-evaluation and delayed cultures of pus from the collection grew Burkholderia pseudomallei.
AB - A 32-year-old diabetic male, with a past history of head injury and seizures, presented with a painful swelling over his forehead present for the past three months. Cranial MRI demonstrated the presence of a scalp collection with extradural extension through a bony defect. Biopsy from the area showed caseating necrosis suggestive of tuberculosis. Although the patient failed to return for initiation of anti-tubercular therapy for the next 11 months, the swelling did not progress, and there were no constitutional symptoms. The indolent nature of the swelling prompted re-evaluation and delayed cultures of pus from the collection grew Burkholderia pseudomallei.
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U2 - 10.4066/AMJ.2012.1374
DO - 10.4066/AMJ.2012.1374
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84865817085
SN - 1836-1935
VL - 5
SP - 455
EP - 458
JO - Australasian Medical Journal
JF - Australasian Medical Journal
IS - 8
ER -