Editing Brain abscess (section)

{{Short description|Accumulation of pus within the brain}}
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| image           = Brain_abscess_simple_brain_CT.jpg
| caption         = Brain abscess in a person with a [[Cerebral shunt|CSF shunt]]. The abscess is the darker gray region in the lower left of the image (corresponding to the right parietal lobe). The lateral ventricles are visible in black in the center of the brain, adjacent to the abscess.<ref name="jamjoom09">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jamjoom AA, Waliuddin AR, Jamjoom AB | title = Brain abscess formation as a CSF shunt complication: a case report | journal = Cases Journal | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | pages = 110 | date = January 2009 | pmid = 19183497 | pmc = 2639569 | doi = 10.1186/1757-1626-2-110 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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'''Brain abscess''' (or '''cerebral abscess''') is an [[abscess]] within the [[human brain|brain]] tissue caused by inflammation and collection of infected material coming from local (ear infection, [[dental abscess]], infection of [[paranasal sinus]]es, infection of the [[mastoid]] air cells of the temporal bone, [[epidural abscess]]) or remote ([[Human lung|lung]], [[Human heart|heart]], [[kidney]] etc.) infectious sources. The infection may also be introduced through a skull fracture following a [[head trauma]] or surgical procedures. Brain abscess is usually associated with [[congenital heart disease]] in young children. It may occur at any age but is most frequent in the third decade of life.