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Actions	Cerebral abscess Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.15232 TitleCerebral abscess DescriptionCoronal slice of brain, showing cerebral abscess, from a girl aged 7 years. She was off colour for three weeks, vomiting and then developed photophobia for one week. Before death she was in a coma for several hours. A well developed, soft haemorrhagic area is seen in the left inferior front gyrus, involving both grey and white matter. On the posterior surface of the slice, a smaller greenish patch lies above the haemorrhagic area and just below the left lateral edge of the genu. The presence of this abscess , into which haemorrhage has occurred, has resulted in swelling of the left cerebral hemisphere and shoft of midline structures to the right. Microscopy suggests that the abscess is about a week old. Post-mortem note: streptococcal septicaemia Production placeRHSC Production periodTwentieth century Object nameBRAIN, cerebrum Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions Height: 11 cm Width: 17.8 cm Depth: 6.5 cm

Object numberGC.15232

TitleCerebral abscess

DescriptionCoronal slice of brain, showing cerebral abscess, from a girl aged 7 years. She was off colour for three weeks, vomiting and then developed photophobia for one week. Before death she was in a coma for several hours. A well developed, soft haemorrhagic area is seen in the left inferior front gyrus, involving both grey and white matter. On the posterior surface of the slice, a smaller greenish patch lies above the haemorrhagic area and just below the left lateral edge of the genu. The presence of this abscess , into which haemorrhage has occurred, has resulted in swelling of the left cerebral hemisphere and shoft of midline structures to the right. Microscopy suggests that the abscess is about a week old. Post-mortem note: streptococcal septicaemia

Production placeRHSC

Production periodTwentieth century

Object nameBRAIN, cerebrum

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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