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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Bacteria | Abscess | Abscess, Subacute - Chronic | 5A0 Case 5 History
Case 5 History
The patient is a 51-year-old man who presented with the new onset of generalized tonic/clonic seizures. An MRI showed multiple lesions with rim enhancement on post contrast imaging. Although in this setting of a patient with a 70 pack year smoking history, these lesions were suspicious for metastatic disease until intraoperative demonstration that they represented abscesses.
