[HTML][HTML] Brain abscess: an overview

D Muzumdar, S Jhawar, A Goel - International journal of surgery, 2011 - Elsevier
Intracranial abscess is a formidable entity. Despite the advent of newer antibiotics and
surgical strategies, the overall outcome and quality of life issues in brain abscess patients …

A systematic literature review of magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the characterization of brain tumors

W Hollingworth, LS Medina… - American journal …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Proton MR spectroscopy (1H-MR spectroscopy) is a
potentially useful adjunct to anatomic MR imaging in the characterization of brain tumors …

Comparative evaluation of fungal, tubercular, and pyogenic brain abscesses with conventional and diffusion MR imaging and proton MR spectroscopy

G Luthra, A Parihar, K Nath, S Jaiswal… - American Journal …, 2007 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: It is difficult to differentiate the cause of brain abscesses
with the use of CT and MR imaging. We did a comparative evaluation of pyogenic …

Pitfalls in the diagnosis of brain tumours

AMP Omuro, CC Leite, K Mokhtari… - The Lancet …, 2006 - thelancet.com
Establishing the diagnosis of a brain tumour is not always a straightforward process. Many
non-neoplastic neurological diseases can mimic brain neoplasms on neuroimaging or on …

Intraaxial Brain Masses: MR Imaging–based Diagnostic Strategy—Initial Experience1

RN Al-Okaili, J Krejza, JH Woo, RL Wolf, DM O'Rourke… - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To develop and retrospectively determine the accuracy of a magnetic resonance
(MR) imaging strategy to differentiate intraaxial brain masses, with histologic findings or …

The role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the differential diagnosis of intracranial cystic mass lesions: a report of 147 lesions

JS Reddy, AM Mishra, S Behari, M Husain, V Gupta… - Surgical neurology, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of
DWI in differentiating brain abscesses from other intracranial cystic lesions. METHODS: One …

[HTML][HTML] European society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess in children and adults

J Bodilsen, QG D'Alessandris, H Humphreys… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Scope These European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
guidelines are intended for clinicians involved in diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess …

Neuroimaging of infections

O Kastrup, I Wanke, M Maschke - NeuroRx, 2005 - Springer
Neuroimaging plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and therapeutic decision making in
infectious diseases of the nervous system. The review summarizes imaging findings and …

Advanced MRI of adult brain tumors

GS Young - Neurologic clinics, 2007 - Elsevier
This article is intended to provide clinical neurologists with an overview of the major
techniques of advanced MRI of brain tumor: diffusion-weighted imaging, perfusion-weighted …

Imaging of cerebritis, encephalitis, and brain abscess

TJ Rath, M Hughes, M Arabi, GV Shah - Neuroimaging Clinics of North …, 2012 - Elsevier
Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess, pyogenic
infection, and encephalitis. The role of CT and MRI in the diagnosis and management of …