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| Author (year) | Age (year) | Sex | Route of entry into cranial cavity | Foreign body type | Cerebral abscess location and infection type | Surgical approach | Outcome findings |
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| Seider et al. (2006) [6] | 1 | Male | orbital roof | Pencil tip (made of graphite) | Frontal lobe abscess
| Frontal burr hole and orbitotomy | Right upper eyelid ptosis |
| Maruya et al. (2002) [7] | 56 | Female | Lateral orbital wall | Bamboo fragments | Left temporal lobe abscess | Left frontotemporal craniotomy and orbito-zygomatic osteotomy | Slight left-eye lateral gaze limitation |
| Aulino et al. (2005) [8] | 35 | Male | Left middle cranial fossa | Fiberglass | Anterior left temporal lobe | Left pterional craniotomy | No neurologic deficit |
| Santoreneos et al. (1997) [9] | 12 | Male | Superior orbital fissure | Wooden foreign body (tree branch) | Medial aspect of the right temporal lobe
| Right fronto-temporal craniotomy
| Right eye loss of vision due to trauma, ptosis, and seizure |
| Matsuyama et al. (2001) [10] | 1 | Male | Superior orbital fissure | Chopstick | Prepontine area
| Right frontolateral craniotomy | No neurological deficits |
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di Roio et al.(2000) [11] | 6 | Male | Orbital roof | Chopstick | Left frontal lobe
| Abscess aspiration | No documented abnormalities |
| Rahman et al. (1997) [12] | 30 | Male | Superior orbital fissure | Nail | Meningitis | Extradural pterional craniotomy
| Right-eye blindness |
| Potapov et al. (1996) [13] | 26 | Male | Medial orbital wall | Wooden foreign body | Right temporal lobe | Fronto-temporal craniotomy | Loss of visual function; right-sided ptosis |
| Specht et al. (1992) [14] | 9 | Male | Optic canal | Wooden golf tee | Meningitis | Fronto-temporal craniotomy | Some weakness of the face and extremities on the left side |
| Amano and Kamano (1982) [15] | 7 | Male | Superior orbital fissure | Bamboo stem | Meningitis and right cerebellar abscess | No surgery only antibiotics | Gradual reduction the cerebellar abscess size |
Present case
| 5
| Female
| Orbital roof
| Pen
| Frontal lobe abscess
| Transcutaneous upper eyelid approach | Mild right-eye ptosis
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