%0 Journal Article
%T Ischemic Cerebral Infarction Clinically and Radiologically Presenting as Brain Abscess: Case Report
%A £¿eljko £¿ivanovi£¿
%A Aleksandar Je£¿i£¿
%A Jelena Milojkovi£¿
%A Lorand Sakala£¿
%J Aktuelnosti iz Neurologije, Psihijatrije i Grani£¿nih Podru£¿ja
%D 2010
%I Clinical Center of Vojvodina
%X We report a case of an ischemic cerebral infarction, with the clinical course and radiological fi ndings suggestive of a brain abscess. Th e patient deteriorated neurologically, with laboratory and clinical signs of a systemic infection. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple ring-enhanced round-shaped lesions in the watershed areas of the left cerebral hemisphere, characteristic for brain abscess. Aft er a course of broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment the signs of infections resolved. However, the source of the systemic infection was not identifi ed. Th e patient¡¯s clinical course and later thorough radiological evaluation led us to a conclusion that the cerebral infarction was misinterpreted as the brain abscess. However, the decision to treat the possible brain abscess was medically reasonable.
%K brain abscess
%K stroke
%K computed tomography
%K magnetic resonance imaging
%K watershed infarction
%U http://www.aktuelnosti.org/pdf/2010/2010%5B3%5D08.pdf