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F:
Large
low-density, ring-enhancing lesion
at the right occipital lobe with connection to the right occipital horn of the
lateral ventricle
H:
Adult
man, 25-years-old, admitted with fever, changing heart murmur and severe headache.
The physical examination detected homonymous hemianopia to the right side.
INFO/WWW-LINKS:
Cerebral abscess is
usually caused by direct spread from an infection in an adjacent air space
in the skull (e.g. sinusitis, otitis, mastoiditis). Another cause is e.g.
endocarditis as an infected embolic source - infected material can be spread
haematogenously to the brain.
D:
(CCT
after contrast)Cerebral abscess at the right occipital lobe caused by haematogenously
embolized vegetations during infective endocarditis. The abscess has got connection
to the right occipital horn of the lateral ventricle
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