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Case Reports
. 2014 Aug 11;5(9):2054270414536551.
doi: 10.1177/2054270414536551. eCollection 2014 Sep.

A curious case of confusion

Natalie Joyce  1 , Kavil Patel  1 , Andrew Whitehead  1 , Richard Armstrong  2 , Nilangi Virgincar  3 , Apurba Chatterjee  1
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Case Reports

A curious case of confusion

Natalie Joyce et al. JRSM Open. .

Abstract

Delirium secondary to pneumonia is expected in the elderly, but when persistent and incongruent with expectation, cerebral abscess should be considered.

Keywords: Cerebral abscess; delirium; pneumonia.

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Figure 1.
Initial computed tomography of the brain showing rim enhancing lesions within the posterior fossa, basal ganglia and throughout the cerebral hemispheres.
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