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    Diagnostic analysis of CT cases of left frontal brain abscess

    • Last Update: 2022-10-19
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    Diagnostic analysis of CT cases of left frontal brain abscess

    【Clinical history】: Patient, male 19 years old, headache and dizziness for more than
    a year.

    [Surgical pathology]: left frontal lobe brain abscess.

    【Discussion】: Purulent bacteria enter the brain tissue to cause inflammatory changes, called purulent encephalitis; Further development leads to the formation of an abscess, called a brain abscess ; Both are a continuous process
    of the onset and progression of brain infections.
    Brain abscess is more supratentorial and temporal lobe, accounting for 40% of supratentorial abscess, can also be seen in the frontoparial occipital lobe, cerebellar abscess is rare, occasionally seen in the pituitary gland
    .
    There are four sources of infection: adjacent infections mostly spread intracranially; followed by bloodborne infections; Less direct infection; Cryptogenic infections are rare
    .
    The inner layer of the abscess wall is a band of inflammatory cells, the middle layer is granulation and fibrous tissue, and the outer layer is the glial layer
    .
    Pus may be liquid, cheesey, or clotting
    .
    The center of the abscess is necrotic, ruptured and overflowing, and a multilocular abscess or satellite abscess may form
    .
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    Brain abscess can be divided into three stages from occurrence to formation: acute localized encephalitis stage, lasting 7-14 days, localized inflammatory hyperemia and edema of brain tissue, softening necrosis, accompanied by venuloembolism and meningeal reaction; Local purulent phase, lasting 7-14 days, inflammatory necrosis expands and melts, liquefies with disintegrated leukocytes, forming localized abscesses; The abscess wall formation stage, which lasts 3-4 weeks, can be as short as 12-14 days, and can grow to more than half a year, from granulation tissue hyperplasia to 5-6mm abscess wall
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    CT of mature brain abscess is manifested as: (1) low-density foci; Low-density stoves with high-density edges; (2) Irregular edge low-density foci with eccentric high-density nodules; (2) The very low density area of the center is the gas produced by bacteria; (4) Enhanced scanning can show peripheral complete or incomplete thin-walled annular enhancement and dense nodular enhancement; (5) multiple continuous ring strengthening; (6) Parenchymal complete annular strengthening with small annular or nodules; (7) There are finger-like low-density edema areas
    around the abscess.
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    Differential diagnosis needs to be differentiated
    from astrocytoma, metastases, radiation brain necrosis, cerebral hematoma resorption period, and postoperative residual cavity.

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