[Otogenic brain abscess with rupture into the lateral ventricle].

We present a case of otogenic abscess of the brain that ruptured into the ipsilateral cerebral ventricle. All the diagnostic, surgical and postoperative procedures which led not only to saving this patient but also his complete recovery are described. Because there is a great difference between rupture of a cerebral abscess into a ventricle and rupture of the ventricle into an abscess, particularly with reference to the prognosis, the pathology of the two different complications is reviewed, based on the literature.