Cerebral abscess may sometimes mimic necrotic tumor and cystic metastases both clinically and radiologically. The imaging findings may be indistinguishable on conventional magnetic resonance imaging. Although recent studies have shown that cerebral abscess displays restricted diffusion on diffusion-
MR imaging evaluation of subacute and chronic bone abscesses in children
✍ Scribed by T. Pöyhiä; E. M. Azouz
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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