An extremely rare case of chronic epidural empyema after cranioplasty is presented.
It derives its extreme rareness from its association with calcification. This patient
when presented to our department had a complaint of swelling with on and off discharging
sinus for 2 months adjacent to old incision scar mark. The patient had a history of
decompressive craniectomy and evacuation of acute subdural hematoma, in some other
institution, 8 years back. Following that, the patient underwent cranioplasty with
the exteriorized and preserved bone flap. In the meantime, he was asymptomatic. It
is a unique interesting case of chronic epidural empyema with calcified walls after
8 years of long duration following cranioplasty.
Key-words:
Calcification - chronic epidural empyema - cranioplasty - oyster
