TY - JOUR
T1 - Case 43-1993
T2 - Occipital mass
AU - Vertosick, Frank T.
AU - Henson, John W.
PY - 1994/3/17
Y1 - 1994/3/17
N2 - To the Editor: In Case 43-1993 (Oct. 28 issue),1 I believe that the two computed tomograms of the head have been reversed. Figure 1 is said to be the preoperative scan, but it clearly shows a bur hole containing air in the parietal bone, whereas Figure 2, described as the postoperative scan, appears to show a typical brain abscess before surgery. I only point this out because anyone concluding that Figure 1 represents an abscess, as opposed to a glioblastoma multiforme, would have to be clairvoyant, even given the brief episode of fever described in the history. A realistic differential.
AB - To the Editor: In Case 43-1993 (Oct. 28 issue),1 I believe that the two computed tomograms of the head have been reversed. Figure 1 is said to be the preoperative scan, but it clearly shows a bur hole containing air in the parietal bone, whereas Figure 2, described as the postoperative scan, appears to show a typical brain abscess before surgery. I only point this out because anyone concluding that Figure 1 represents an abscess, as opposed to a glioblastoma multiforme, would have to be clairvoyant, even given the brief episode of fever described in the history. A realistic differential.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199403173301119
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199403173301119
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8107754
AN - SCOPUS:0028348692
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 330
SP - 793
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 11
ER -