Case report of cerebellar abscess in an immunocompetent patient

Abstract

Cerebellar brain abscesses most often develop secondary to the contiguous spread of infection from an ipsilateral otogenic site. Less commonly, cerebellar abscesses have been associated with a hematogenous source.1 We report a cerebellar brain abscess temporally associated with a tongue piercing procedure that was complicated by an apparent postprocedure infection managed successfully and with the review of the relevant literature.