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Differential Diagnosis of Brain Abscess
• Viral encephalitis (usually resulting from herpes simplex)
• Parasitic infections: toxoplasmosis, echinococcosis, cysticercosis
• Other parameningeal infections: subdural empyema, epidural abscess, thrombophlebitis of the major dural venous sinuses and cortical veins
• Mycotic aneurysms with leakage
• Metastatic or primary brain tumors
• Embolic strokes in patients with bacterial endocarditis
• Chronic subdural hematoma
• Cerebral infarction
• Central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis
• Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
• Viral encephalitis (usually resulting from herpes simplex)
• Parasitic infections: toxoplasmosis, echinococcosis, cysticercosis
• Other parameningeal infections: subdural empyema, epidural abscess, thrombophlebitis of the major dural venous sinuses and cortical veins
• Mycotic aneurysms with leakage
• Metastatic or primary brain tumors
• Embolic strokes in patients with bacterial endocarditis
• Chronic subdural hematoma
• Cerebral infarction
• Central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis
• Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
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