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Abscess Superimposed on Brain Tumor:Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature Surg Neurol 47:484-488, Nassar,S.I.,et al, 1997 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Only 15 cases of an abscess associated with a brain tumor were found in the literature,to which we add 2 of our own.About 60%were intrasellar or parasellar tumors.The origin of such an abscess at this location is by direct extension of the germs from a contiguous infected sinus.Our 2 additional cases were away from the sinuses.One is an ependymoma of the posterior fossa,and the other,a falcotentorial occipital meningioma,each with a superimposed abscess.We propose an alternate route for the formation of an abscess in conjunction with a brain tumor.

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