A total of 102 patients were diagnosed with brain abscess between January 1994 and April 2009. Median age was 47 years and 65% were male. This yields an estimated incidence of 0,4/100.000/year.

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 ...

For example, a brain abscess is swelling in the brain filled with an opaque, thick, typically off-white fluid called pus. Differential diagnoses of brain abscesses may include bacterial meningitis ...

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A spinal abscess may cause local or radiating back pain, fever, and neurological symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment are vital for improving a person’s outlook. A spinal cord abscess ...

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D’Amico was not concerned. He told her that her brain would need some time to heal. It was a relief to learn that the mass was an abscess caused by actinomycosis bacteria and a staph infection ...

A collaborative study sheds light on how cannabis use affects brain development in young people, the main one being atrophy of certain regions of the cerebral cortex. Cannabis use may lead to ...