Nocardia brain abscess misinterpreted as cerebral infarction.
We present the case of a non-immunocompromised man with right-sided hemiparesis and aphasia thought to be caused by cerebral infarction, but which in the later clinical course evolved to be a nocardia brain abscess that needed surgical intervention. Misinterpretation of imaging combined with the absence of clinical signs of infection led to inadequate primary treatment
Börm
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Neurosurgical Department, Klinikum, Aschaffenburg, Germany. wolfgang.boerm@medizin.uni-ulm.de
Gleixner
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D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed