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A rare case of polymicrobial brain abscess involving Actinomyces

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Brain abscess is a focal intracranial infection that may present as a life-threatening emergency. Brain abscess can present with a wide range of clinical syndromes, and it results in high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Here we describe a rare case of
Abdelrhman Abo-Zed, MD, Mohamed Yassin, MD, PhD, Tung Phan, MD, PhD   +2 more
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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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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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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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Multiple Brain Abscesses: An Unusual Case [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022
Brain abscess is a collection of pus with a vascular capsule beginning as a cerebritis at its early stage. The incidence rate of brain abscess is approximately 0.13-0.9 per 100,000 person-year.
Alireza Vakilian, Habib Farahmand, Jafar Ahmadi Kahnali, Tahereh Eslammanesh, Sajad Rezvan, Saeid Karimi Matloub   +5 more
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Brain Metastasis Mimicking Brain Abscess in ALK-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, 2019
Brain metastasis frequently develops in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, we report a patient who developed brain metastasis from ALK-positive NSCLC which mimicked brain abscess.
Toshio Sakatani, Hidenori Kage, Shunsaku Takayanagi, Kaoru Watanabe, Yoshihisa Hiraishi, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Shota Tanaka, Tetsuo Ushiku, Nobuhito Saito, Takahide Nagase   +9 more
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Pyogenic Brain Abscess Caused by Peptostreptococcus in a Patient with HIV-1 Infection

Diseases, 2017
In the setting of HIV, cerebral lesions are usually secondary to lymphoma and opportunistic infections; however, in patients with CD4 counts above 200 cells/uL, other pathologies such as pyogenic brain abscess could gain importance.
Jose Armando Gonzales Zamora, Luis Alberto Espinoza   +1 more
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