PMC6081550_01
MR image showing the evolution of the ring-enhancing lesion in the left fronto-temporoparietal lobe in a brain abscess with significant perilesional edema.
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MRI was repeated after 8 weeks of antibiotic therapy due to the persistence of fluent aphasia. MR imaging showed a ring-enhancing lesion in the left fronto-temporoparietal lobe, consistent with a brain abscess with significant perilesional edema (Figure 1).
PMC6081550_02
MR image showing a caudal extension of the lesion with irregular enhancement with irregular enhancement and a necrotic region (FLAIR/long TR).
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MRI of the brain was performed. MRI showed a caudal extension of the lesion with irregular enhancement and a necrotic region (Figure 2).