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Review
. 2018 Jan;8(1):44-45.
doi: 10.1177/1941874417700773. Epub 2017 Mar 24.

Rapidly Growing Thalamic Abscess

Josef G Heckmann  1 , Stefan Ernst  2 , Bernhard Scher  3 , Bernhard Meyer  4
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Review

Rapidly Growing Thalamic Abscess

Josef G Heckmann et al. Neurohospitalist. 2018 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Streptococcus intermedius (Milleri); brain abscess; cerebral infection; thalamic abscess; thalamic lesion.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A, Cranial computed tomography shows slight hypodense changes in the thalamic region (arrow). B, Axial T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with contrast (gadolinium) shows a hypointense necrotic center with ring-shaped enhancement at the level of the thalamus (arrow). C, The corresponding DWI (above) shows slightly hyperintense and isointense signal indicating edema (arrow), and the corresponding ADC (below) shows isointense and slight hypointense signal (arrow). D, 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose–positron emission tomography, 3 days after initial presentation, shows diminished tracer uptake (photopenia, arrow) without uptake at the periphery. E, Axial T1-weighted MRI with contrast (gadolinium), 4 days after initial presentation, shows marked growth of the lesion (arrow). F, The corresponding DWI (above) shows marked hyperintensity, and the corresponding ADC (below) marked hypointensity indicating abscess cavity (arrow) and increase in the surrounding edema. Abbreviations: ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; DWI, diffusion weighted imaging.
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