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CEREBRITIS PRECEDING CEREBRAL ABSCESS FORMATION: A REPORT OF THREE CASES
Author(s) -
Chee Chee Pin,
Coltherart Geoff J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1986.tb04523.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , brain abscess , computed tomography , surgery , radiology
Computerized tomography demonstrated the evolution of cerebral abscess from cerebritis in three patients. One of these was proven subsequently to be mixed pygenic and tuberculous abscess. The time course of this evolution in each case is presented and its clinical imporatnce discussed.