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From 1961 to 1973 forty patients with surgically confirmed intracranial abscesses had preoperative cerebral angiography. The findings were abnormal in all cases but one. In 20 patients (50%) the primary diagnosis was a space-occupying lesion. In 19 patients (47.5%) an abscess was suggested by the presence of a capsule, the only finding definitely diagnostic of an abscess. Subtraction technique provided essential information in detecting the capsule. Angiography proved indispensable in suggesting the nature of the lesion.
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Nielsen, H., Halaburt, H. Cerebral abscess with special reference to the angiographic changes. Neuroradiology 12, 73–78 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333122
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