Intracranial abscess complicating diverticulitis with CT scan mimicking primary glioma.
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Intracranial abscess complicating diverticulitis with CT scan mimicking primary glioma.
The case of a 64 year old woman with diverticulitis complicated by a metastatic cerebral abscess is reported. Presentation was atypical and investigations were misleading; the computed tomographic scan was interpreted as showing a glioma. This case demonstrates that malignancy should never be assumed and the importance of making a histological diagnosis. Once the abscess was drained the patient...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.65.766.565