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The two possibilities were glioblastoma, a lethal brain cancer; or a brain abscess, a pocket of pus that can be life-threatening if it ruptures. Before the procedure, Markowitz wrote a goodbye ...

Neurosurgical treatment halves the risk of death and rupture in brain abscess patients, according to a nationwide emulated ...

Brain Abscess: (Left) axial CT scan with contrast; (Right) T1-weighted with gadolinium coronal MRI. Note the ring enhancement both on the CT and MRI scans surrounding a central necrotic cavity. This ...

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If a person has a brain abscess, they may require surgery to remove the abscess. If multiple abscesses are present, the treatment may be high dose antibiotics, which can cross the blood-brain barrier.

However, brain abscess and CNS lymphoma can often be difficult to distinguish in immunocompromised persons because of similar risk profiles and similar features on MRI. 6 CNS lymphoma was our ...

Brain abscess. It's possible to get a pocket of infection inside your brain tissue. If so, you may need emergency surgery to carefully drain pus from the area. Otherwise, it can prevent enough ...

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Even non-cancerous tumors can cause problems with your brain function. Brain abscess. This is a pocket of pus in your brain. It's caused by a bacterial or fungal infection. Abscesses can develop ...

Around 10 p.m., Fothergill arrived at UAB Hospital, where scans confirmed the diagnosis: a brain abscess located behind his right eye. By sunrise, he was in the operating room. Marshall Holland, M.D., ...