A short term, high dose corticosteroid treatment protocol was investigated to determine its clinical utility in staging an experimental brain abscess. Corticosteroids were shown to decrease the degree of contrast enhancement of brain abscess 12 h after administration but the magnitude of the effect
Dynamic computed tomographic scans in experimental brain abscess
โ Scribed by D. R. Enzmann; R. C. Placone; R. H. Britt
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 508 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-3940
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โฆ Synopsis
Dynamic computed tomographic scans were performed in an experimental brain abscess model to establish criteria that could be utilized in abscess staging. The vascular phase of the time-density curves did not differentiate cerebritis and capsule stages. The amount of residual enhancement after the first pass of an intra-arterial contrast bolus differed between major abscess stages, the greater residual enhancement being noted in the capsule stage.
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