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Bone window of cranial CT scan showing shrapnel in left frontal bone (same side as thalamic abscess)
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There was marked ring enhancement, perilesional edema, and a slightly deviated third ventricle, but no enlargement of the ventricular system (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4).
T1-weighted axial MR image with contrast showing a thalamic ring-enhancing lesion in the left side of the brain
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There was marked ring enhancement, perilesional edema, and a slightly deviated third ventricle, but no enlargement of the ventricular system (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4).
T1-weighted coronal MR image with contrast of the same patient
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There was marked ring enhancement, perilesional edema, and a slightly deviated third ventricle, but no enlargement of the ventricular system (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4).
T1-weighted sagittal MR image with contrast showing a thalamic ring-enhancing lesion and artifact due to shrapnel in left frontal bone
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There was marked ring enhancement, perilesional edema, and a slightly deviated third ventricle, but no enlargement of the ventricular system (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4).
T1-weighted axial MR image with contrast four months after CT-guided stereotactic biopsy and antibiotic therapy, showing a substantially reduced abscess volume and a residual encapsulated area
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Follow-up cranial MRI after 12 weeks of the intravenous antibiotic regimen showed normalization of abnormal lesions and disappearance of the remaining brain abscess (Figure 5 and Figure 6).
T1-weighted coronal MR image with contrast of the same patient
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Follow-up cranial MRI after 12 weeks of the intravenous antibiotic regimen showed normalization of abnormal lesions and disappearance of the remaining brain abscess (Figure 5 and Figure 6).