Courtesy of Paul Traughber, M.D., Boise, Idaho.
            
            Figure 1 is a computed tomography (CT) scan of a normal brain. Figure 2 is a CT scan that shows an accumulation of contrast material in infected areas and around the brain from encephalitis.
           
          
            
            
            
              
                
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