Foreign-body reaction mimicking postneurosurgical infection after cranioplasty

Mil Med. 2008 Jul;173(7):697-9. doi: 10.7205/milmed.173.7.697.

Abstract

The case of a 57-year-old woman who suffered a fall is presented. After a polymethyl malacrylate revision cranioplasty, she presented with signs, symptoms, and intraoperative findings consistent with postneurosurgical infection. Dural foreign-body reaction was diagnosed, and parenteral antibiotic therapy was discontinued successfully.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Diseases / drug therapy
  • Brain Diseases / etiology*
  • Craniotomy / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / complications
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / complications*
  • Humans
  • Infections / drug therapy
  • Infections / etiology*
  • Meropenem
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Thienamycins / therapeutic use
  • Time Factors
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Thienamycins
  • Vancomycin
  • Meropenem