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Brain Abscess Drainage by Use of MR Fluoroscopic Guidance

Özkan Ünal^a, M. Emin Sakarya^a, Necmi Kymaz^b, Ömer Etlik^a, Mustafa Kayan^a, smail Kat^c and Mustafa Harman^a

^a Department of Radiology, Yüzüncü Yl University Medicine Faculty, Van, Turkey
^b Department of Neurosurgery, Yüzüncü Yl University Medicine Faculty, Van, Turkey
^c Department of Anesthesiology, Yüzüncü Yl University Medicine Faculty, Van, Turkey

View larger version (119K): [in a new window]   FIG 1. Trajectory of the finger helped to apply the angle of the needle during MR fluoroscopically guided intervention.

View larger version (84K): [in a new window]   FIG 2. Contrast-enhanced coronal T1-weighted image shows a left temporal abscess and infection of the temporal bone (A). Image of the drainage seen during MR fluoroscopy image (B).

View larger version (65K): [in a new window]   FIG 3. Contrast-enhanced coronal image demonstrates a subdural empyema in occipital localization (A). The needle has ruptured the capsule and is seen in the abscess cavity (B). The interhemispheric fissure is seen very close to tip of the needle, but it is intact. After the drainage, no pus is seen in the abscess localization (C).