A Patient with a Brain Abscess Presenting as an Acute Stroke

A brain abscess is an enclosed focal infection within the brain that is either initiated by haematogenous seeding or spreads contiguously from oto-sinusitis, local trauma or neurosurgery. We describe the case of a 71-year-old man presenting with acute confusion and unilateral neurology in the absenc...

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Autores principales: Matthews, Thomas, Keegan, Cathy, McDonnell, David, Loughman, Peter, Mirbalouchzehi, Mohammad Amin, Veerasamy, Kevin, Colwell, Niall S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SMC Media Srl 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37051476
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2023_003774

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37051476
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2023_003774

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