<unk>  (or cerebral abscess) is an abscess caused by inflammation and collection of infected material, coming from local (ear infection, dental abscess, infection of paranasal sinuses, infection of the mastoid air cells of the temporal bone, epidural abscess) or remote (lung, heart, kidney etc.) infectious sources, within the brain tissue. The infection may also be introduced through a skull fracture following a head trauma or surgical procedures.<unk>  is usually associated with congenital heart disease in young children. It may occur at any age but is most frequent in the third decade of life.
Brain abscess
Epidural hematoma
Brain metastasis
Subdural empyema
Amoebic brain abscess
Leptomeningeal cancer
Meninges
Coma