Brain abscess and ventriculitis

Discussion:

Right temporo-occipital marginally enhancing lesion; consistent with brain abscess with associated right lateral ventriculitis and right temporo-occipital meningitis as well as mild supra-tentorial hydrocephalic changes with interstitial CSF permeation and mass effect.

The differential diagnosis of marginally enhancing lesion is mainly abscess, cystic glioma and cystic metastatic deposit. The restricted diffusion on DWI and MR spectroscopy criteria are diagnostic of brain abscess and fairly exclude other possibilities. 

 

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