Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
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Pol. Merkur. Lekarski · Feb 2007
Case Reports[The case of multiple brain abscesses conservatively treated].
We report the case of patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated by sulfasalazin. He was hospitalized because of general erythrodermia and diarrhoea with dysproteinemia. The consciousness disturbances and the meningitis syndrome occured in the course of disease. ⋯ We couldn't find the primary focus of bacterial infection, although the infection cause was undoubtedly hematogenous (abscesses location on the boundaries of cerebral cortex and white matter). There is no evident therapeutic standards and the choice of the best treatment is still under discussion. However, neuroimagining techniques are very useful in the correct diagnosis and optimal treatment.