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Images in paediatrics
Hear no evil, see no evil: a careful history with judicious use of imaging in detecting brain abscess
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A previously healthy 10-year-old girl became acutely unwell with headache, nausea and vomiting, all exacerbated by movement. She also had an episode of altered consciousness with subsequent retrograde amnesia and was incontinent of urine. She presented to her local hospital and was found to be afebrile with no focal neurological signs. She was discharged with a diagnosis of first-episode absence seizure.
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Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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