From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Subject: Re: "Brain abscess" definition needed
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science
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In article <1993Apr8.123213.1@tardis.mdcorp.ksc.nasa.gov> fresa@tardis.mdcorp.ksc.nasa.gov 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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