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Brain abscess: surgical experiences of 162 cases
, 2015 Aim: Brain abscess still poses a public health challenge in spite of the advent of modern neurosurgical techniques and antibiotics. Here, we present our surgical experiences and ultimate outcome in the management of brain abscess.
ForhadHossain Chowdhury +5 more
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Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Differentiating between radiation necrosis and true tumour progression after radiotherapy is challenging due to overlapping imaging appearances. This review outlines useful techniques and imaging features for making this distinction, as well as potential pitfalls.
Arian Lasocki +2 more
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Operative strategy for large brain abscess resulting from immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an AIDS patient in Swaziland [PDF]
, 2013 SummaryThe objective of our study was to report a rare case with a large brain abscess related to central nervous system immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) and to discuss the operative strategy for it.
Tu, Chi-Cheng, Yin, Shih-Min
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The Neurohospitalist, 2014 Significant advances in the diagnosis and management of bacterial brain abscess over the past several decades have improved the expected outcome of a disease once regarded as invariably fatal. Despite this, intraparenchymal abscess continues to present a
Kevin Patel, D. Clifford
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Serious outcomes among emergency department patients with presyncope: A systematic review
Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background Syncope is transient loss of consciousness, and in presyncope, patients experience same prodromal symptoms without losing consciousness. While studies have extensively reported the risk of serious outcome among emergency department (ED) syncope, the outcome for patients with presyncope and their management are not well studied.
Hadi Mirfazaelian +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Cryptogenic left parieto-occipital brain abscess in a previously healthy 24 year old woman
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019 Background: Brain abscesses are a rare form of neurologic infection that can be attributed to a primary source of infection 60–70% of the time. Cases that cannot be attributed to a primary source of infection are rare and are deemed cryptogenic.
Daniel A. Drake, MD, Scott F. Ross, MD
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"Case files from the University of Florida: When an Earache is more than an Earache": A case report [PDF]
, 2011 Brain abscess is not a common diagnosis as there are only approximately 2000 cases reported each year in the United States. There are three main routes of access to the brain including contiguous infection from the oropharynx, direct implantation and ...
AN Mamelak +14 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2014 BackgroundBrain abscesses continue to pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in developed and developing countries. Their aetiology and management remain complex and unclear, making improvement of treatments and outcome difficult.MethodsTo determine ...
Chenran Zhang +5 more
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