脑脓肿是神经外科较常见的疾病。我院1975～1993年收治各种类型脑脓肿23例，占同期神经外科住院病人的1．2％，现将诊治体会报告如下。临床资料一、一般资料本组病例中，男18例，女5例；年龄5～50岁；病程最短8天，最长1年。二、病因（l）邻近器官感染直接蔓延14例，其中耳源性 Brain abscess is a more common neurosurgical disease. Our hospital from 1975 to 1993 admitted to various types of brain abscess in 23 cases, accounting for the same period neurosurgery inpatients 1.2%, now the diagnosis and treatment of the report as follows. Clinical data First, the general information in this group of patients, 18 males and 5 females; aged 5 to 50 years; duration of the shortest 8 days, up to 1 year. Second, the etiology (l) adjacent organ infection directly spread in 14 cases, of which otogenic