MRI demonstration of haemorrhage in the wall of a brain abscess: possible implications for diagnosis and management.
Haemorrhage in the wall of a brain abscess is rare and may falsely suggest a neoplasm on MRI. We describe two cases of haemorrhage in the wall of a brain abscess and discuss the role of in vivo proton MRS in the diagnosis and management.
Sudhakar
K V
KV
Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Agrawal
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Rashid
M R
MR
Hussain
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Hussain
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Gupta
R K
RK
D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male