Ipsilateral cerebral abscess and endophthalmitis from an infected external carotid artery coil

Simultaneous endopthalmitis and ipsilateral cerebral abscesses are uncommon. This is the case report of a 68 years old man with left peritonsillar squamous cell carcinoma, who had coils placed in the external carotid artery to induce arterial thrombosis and slow tumor growth. The patient subsequently developed left sided endopthalmitis and left brain abscess. This shows that the coils are able to serve as a nidus of infection resulting in secondary endopthalmitis and brain abscess in an immunocompromised host