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MRI and clinical resolution of a suspected intracranial toxoplasma granuloma with medical treatment in a domestic short hair cat [PDF]

, 2017
A two-year-old cat was presented with a left paradoxical vestibular syndrome. MRI of the brain revealed an extra-axial homogenously contrast enhancing mass in the region of the left caudal cerebellar peduncle.
Beltran, E, Crawford, A H, Drees, R
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Low-Grade Astrocytoma Associated with Abscess Formation: Case Report and Literature Review

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2008
A rare case of low-grade astrocytoma associated with abscess formation occurred in a 52-year-old man presenting with Broca's aphasia. He underwent craniotomy and tumor removal under the impression of brain tumor with necrotic cystic change.
Tai-Hsin Tsai, Yan-Fen Hwang, Shiuh-Lin Hwang, Chen-Hsiang Hung, Cheng-Wei Chu, Boon-Kee Lua, Chih-Lung Lin, Kung-Shing Lee, Joon-Khim Loh, Aij-Lie Kwan, Chih-Jen Wang, Tzuu-Yuan Huang, Shen-Long Howng, Ann-Shung Lieu   +13 more
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A clinical case report of brain abscess caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a non-immunocompromised patient and a relevant literature review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Brain abscess due to the Nocardia genus is rare and usually found in immunocompromised patients. The most common subtype implicated is Nocardia farcinica while brain abscess due to Nocardia brasiliensis is comparatively rare.
Jian-Wei Zhu, Hui Zhou, Wei-Qiang Jia, Jian You, Ru-Xiang Xu   +4 more
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Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2019
We report on a brain abscess in an immunocompetent man caused by Cladophialophora bantiana, a black mold known to prefer the brain for abscess-formations with a mortality rate up to 65%.
Li-Anne Schweizer, Lorenz Bärlocher, Anne Graber, Katia Boggian   +3 more
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Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess following uterus curettage: a case report [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction Mycoplasma hominis is mostly known for causing urogenital infections. However, it has rarely been described as an agent of brain abscess.
Mouhamad Al Masalma, Michel Drancourt, Henry Dufour, Didier Raoult, Pierre-Edouard Fournier   +4 more
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Case report on successful treatment for brain abscess in a Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata)

Laboratory Animal Research, 2023
Background A brain abscess in human beings is a focal infection of the central nervous system frequently characterized by areas of localized cerebritis and central necrosis surrounded by a well vascularized capsule. A brain abscess, although sporadically
Tohru Kimura
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Cerebral radiation necrosis and brain abscess as delayed complications after carbon ion radiotherapy against nasal carcinoma

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021
A case of radiation induced delayed brain necrosis associated with bacterial brain abscess is reported. A 50-year-old Japanese man with adenoid cystic carcinoma underwent carbon ion radiotherapy and the cancer disappeared on MRI one year later.
Masanori Kurimoto, Yumiko Maruyama, Yayoi Tsukada, Hiromichi Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Takagawa   +4 more
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Ischaemic strokes in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: associations with iron deficiency and platelets. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundPulmonary first pass filtration of particles marginally exceeding ∼7 µm (the size of a red blood cell) is used routinely in diagnostics, and allows cellular aggregates forming or entering the circulation in the preceding cardiac cycle to lodge ...
AD Kjeldsen, AD Kjeldsen, AE Guttmacher, AJ Easey, B Barzilai, B Nieswandt, Basel Chamali, BD Butler, BJ Folz, BM Silva, C Coupland, C Shovlin, CJ Gallione, CL Shovlin, CL Shovlin, CL Shovlin, CL Shovlin, CL Shovlin, CL Shovlin, CL Shovlin, CL Shovlin, Claire L. Shovlin, DW Johnson, E Buscarini, ER Chilvers, ER Weibel, F Roked, Gillian Angus, H Finnamore, Hannah C. Tighe, HL Devlin, IS Anand, J Feinstein, J Parra, J Remy, JA Dutton, JA Feinstein, JA Livesey, James E. Jackson, JE Van de Pette, JJ Mager, JL Hart, John A. Livesey, John Meek, K Clark, K Hara, K Nanthakumar, K Ono, K Zukotynski, KL Furie, Klaus Brusgaard, LC Weng, LS Valberg, M Bajc, M Billinger, M Blomley, M Moussouttas, M Nakayama, M Yeung, ME Faughnan, Michael A. Laffan, MK Whyte, MW van Gent, MW van Gent, OS AAssar, P Gazzaniga, P Gupta, P Shovlin CL, Wilmshurst, PC Hébert, RD Thompson, RF Gillum, Richard Manning, S Jackson, S Uchiyama, S Velthuis, SM Bang, T Krings, T Ueki, V Cottin, Vatshalan Santhirapala, WB Porter, Y Benjamini, Y Shinohara, Z Hao   +83 more
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A Fatal Sinogenic Brain Abscess in Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of Literature

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2017
Cerebral abscess is an extremely rare complication of pregnancy. Among reported cases of pregnancy brain abscess, most patients have shown a good neurologic outcome.
Reza Bahrami, Hossein Safari
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Brain abscess in solid organ transplant recipients receiving cyclosporine-based immunosuppression [PDF]

, 1997
Objective: To determine the incidence, clinical presentation, and outcome and confounding factors associated with the development of a brain abscess in solid organ transplant recipients. Design: A 14-year retrospective survey.
Fung, J, Kleopoulos, I, Kusne, S, Ramirez, CB, Selby, R, Singh, R, Starzl, TE   +6 more
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