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Brain CT images of the patient. (A) Brain CT imaging on October 15, 2019. The head CT imaging was showed diffuse edema of brain tissue, gray matter and white matter structure blurred. (B) Brain CT on September 14, 2022. The brain CT imaging was showed the right temporo-parietal cerebral hemorrhage and occipital defect with subcutaneous abscess.
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The head CT showed diffuse edema of brain tissue and gray matter with white matter structure blurred (Figure 1A). The brain computed tomography (CT) imaging showed the right temporoparietal cerebral hemorrhage and occipital defect with a subcutaneous abscess in Figure 1B, and laboratory workup showed white blood cell, 9.0x109/L; neutrophils, 87.8%; lymphocytes, 9.1%; red blood cell, 2.84x1012/L; hemoglobin, 86 g/L; platelet, 183x109/L; C-reactive protein, 100.2 mg/L; procalcitonin, <0.25 ug/L.
The sampling of bloody pus.
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The sampling of abscess fluid was conducted, and bloody pus was obtained (Figure 2).