Multiple Brain Abscesses due to Streptococcus anginosus: Prediction of Mortality by an Imaging Severity Index Score

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(a) Noncontrast axial CT image, (b) axial diffusion weighted images, (c) axial adjusted diffusion coefficient map that shows bilateral temporal-occipital lobe abscesses (thin arrows) and empyema in the medial left occipital lobe (thick arrow), and (d) axial diffusion weighted image that shows ventriculitis in the right lateral ventricle (short thick arrow), abscess in the left parietal lobe (short thin arrow), and empyema in the posterior falx (long thin arrow) and medial left occipital lobe (long thick arrow).

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