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MRI features of the lesion
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Images are shown in Figure 1.
Diffusion-weighted imaging features of the same lesion. A large heterogeneous thick-walled lesion in the right parietal lobe with ill-defined projections into the brain parenchyma. Diffusion-weighted images show homogenous diffusion restriction in the center of lesion
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In addition, its aggressive behavior as evident by conventional sequences confirmed it to be a fungal abscess as shown in Figure 2.
Culture with arrows pointing toward the causative fungal pathogen, Rhinocladiella mackenziei
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Rhinocladiella mackenziei was identified as the causative pathogen in the fungal culture as shown in Figure 3.