Presentation
Two weeks of headache, low grade fever and Wernicke aphasia. Previews history: recurrent ear infections. WBC within normal limits and negative HIV test.
Patient Data
Age: 32 year old
Gender: Female
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Round intra-axial lesion with vasogenic edema. Post contrast shows a thin and smooth wall. Coronal and sagital reformats shows no mural nodule.
From the case:
Brain abscess
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Round intra-axial lesion with vasogenic edema that have a hyper intense thin-wall in T1 and hypo intense wall at T2. Post gadolinium shows rim-enhancement.
Case Discussion
The CT and MRI findings are compatible with pyogenic brain abscess in late capsular stage.