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Magnetic resonance image of the brain showing an enhancing lesion in the left frontal lobe consistent with an abscess
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed intracranial masses in the left frontal lobe [Figure 1] as well as the left posterior temporal-occipital interface with edema.
Giemsa stain of brain tissue showing Acanthamoeba cysts (x400)
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This second biopsy, of the left temporal region, showed multiple necrosis, gliosis, and protozoans highly suggestive of Acanthamoeba trophozoites [Figure 2].