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Figure Legends :
Figure 1 :
Initial images of patients scalp wounds upon arrival (A and B) and after initial wound cares (C and D).
Figure 2 :
Neuroradiologic magnetic resonance imaging during acute cerebritis (Left) and similar imaging obtained one year prior (Right).