Subdural empyema
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Subdural empyema is a form of empyema in the subdural space.
It usually occurs in infancy.[cite journal |author=Wu TJ, Chiu NC, Huang FY |title=Subdural empyema in children--20-year experience in a medical center |journal=J Microbiol Immunol Infect |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=62–7 |year=2008 |month=February |pmid=18327428 |doi= |url=http://www.jmii.org/content/abstracts/v41n1p62.php] ]It can be associated with sinusitis.[cite journal |author=Quraishi H, Zevallos JP |title=Subdural empyema as a complication of sinusitis in the pediatric population |journal=Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. |volume=70 |issue=9 |pages=1581–6 |year=2006 |month=September |pmid=16777239 |doi=10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.04.007 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0165-5876(06)00135-2] ]References
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