Cerebral Empyema Complicating a Dental Abscess

Abstract

Cervico-facial cellulitis can cause serious complications including neuro-meningeal infections. Among these neuro-meningeal infections are intracranial empyemas, which are rarer than brain abscesses. We report the case of a young patient of 25 years, immunocompetent, having presented a cerebral empyema secondary to diffuse cervicofacial cellulitis of dental origin. The diagnosis was suspected in the presence of cervicofacial cellulitis, febrile meningeal syndrome and consciousness disorder, confirmation was reported by brain MRI. The evolution was favorable after the recourse to the surgical treatment.