[Intracranial late abscesses following injuries caused by grenade splinters]

On the basis of 6 cases of late cerebral abscesses after lesions caused by shell-splinters treated by us, clinic, diagnostics and therapy of this complication are discussed in detail. In 3 patients there were no direct relations between the splinters and the abscesses so that further factors (age, vascular wall changes, and the like) must play a role in the formation of the abscesses; such vascular wall fibroses were found histologically in 3 of the examined abscess capsules. In 3 cases the bacteriological identification of the pathogens was possible. The treatment was carried out by employing puncture or extirpation or the combination of the two methods.