file.newsgroup.med.58914 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Gordon Banks)
Subject: Re: "Brain abscess" definition needed
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
>Could someone please define a "brain abscess" for me? A relative has one near
>his cerebellum.
A brain abscess is an infection deep in the brain substance. It is
hard to cure with antibiotics, since it gets walled off, and usually,
it needs surgical drainage.
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