Sterile Subdural Empyema Mimicking Subdural Hemorrhage in Pediatric patient with History of Trauma
Muhammad Fauzan Jauhari,
Wihasto Suryaningtyas,
Muhammad Arifin Parenrengi
Abstract:Intracranial subdural empyema (SDE) is a life-threatening infection. Surgery procedure for culture the empyema is essential to diagnosing and treating the patient. Nevertheless, in rare cases, culture can not identify the causative organism because microorganisms are not grown. A ten-year-old girl with the main complaint of weakness in the right hand since two days before admission. She fell off the bicycle two months before admission, and her head hit the ground. Nevertheless, the patient's condition was stab… Show more
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