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- Evolution of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of an
HIV-infected patient with a brain abscess due to Staphylococcus
aureus. A , pre-trepanation CT showing a single
expansive brain lesion in the left temporal area. B, after one
week of trepanation, CT scan demonstrates a marked diminution in the size of
the lesion, residual enhancement and a residual degree of edema. C
, ten months after trepanation, CT scan reveals only post-surgical changes.
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A brain computed tomography scan showed a single low attenuation lesion with a uniform ring enhancement in the left temporal region (Fig. 1A). The patient received eight weeks of this medication, improved progressively, clinically and radiologically (Fig. 1B-C) and was discharged to home.