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Assault.
Patient Data
Age: Adult
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A focal depressed skull fracture with underlying pneumocephalus and cerebral contusion is present.
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CT with contrast obtained 5 weeks later when the patient represented with headaches demonstrates a ring-enhancing lesion consistent with an abscess.
Case Discussion
Patient was stabbed and developed a frontal cerebral abscess (confirmed at surgery) with representation 5 weeks later.