A Patient with a Brain Abscess Presenting as an Acute Stroke.

Unlabelled: A brain abscess is an enclosed focal infection within the brain that is either initiated by haematogenous seeding or spreads contiguously from oto-sinusitis, local trauma or neurosurgery. We describe the case of a 71-year-old man presenting with acute confusion and unilateral neurology in the absence of systemic signs of sepsis or associated laboratory biomarkers. While his initial clinical presentation mimicked an acute cerebrovascular event or brain tumour, he was subsequently diagnosed with a particularly large spherical temporal lobe brain abscess of 5 cm diameter on neuroimaging.

A Prospective Multi-institutional Study Using a Novel Safety Valve for the Prevention of Catheter Balloon Inflation Injury of the Urethra.

Purpose: We prospectively assessed the ability of a novel transurethral catheterization safety valve to prevent urethral catheter balloon injury in a multi-institutional clinical setting.

Materials And Methods: A prospective, multi-institution study was conducted. The safety valve was introduced for urinary catheterization in 6 hospital groups (4 in Ireland; 2 in the UK).