Luc?s Abscess: First Reported Case with Coexisting Intracranial Abscess and/or Venous Sinus Thrombosis

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Ardalan Akbari Caron Strahlendorf Jeffrey P. Ludemann Joshua Gurberg

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Ardalan Akbari
Division of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Objective: To present a novel case of Luc’s Abscess with coexisting intracranial abscess and venous sinus thrombosis. Case Presentation: A 4-year-old male had fever for two weeks, left-sided otalgia and otorrhea for 1 week and then suddenly developed left temporal soft tissue swelling and papilledema. Computerized tomography scan revealed a 3.5 x 2.3 x 1.2cm subperiosteal temporal space (Luc’s) Abscess, a 4.6 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm temporal lobe abscess, and transverse plus sigmoid sinus thrombosis. The patient was successfully treated with surgical drainage, long-term intravenous antibiotics, and anti-coagulation. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of Luc’s abscess with a coexisting intracranial abscess and/or venous sinus thrombosis. Although Luc’s abscess is a rare and usually relatively benign complication of acute otitis media, early diagnosis and treatment remain essential in preventing potentially life-threatening disease progression.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Sat 25, Aug 2018
Accepted: Wed 12, Sep 2018
Published: Thu 20, Sep 2018

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© 2023 Ardalan Akbari. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2018.03.005