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11-year-old female presenting with a subacute (3 weeks) febrile syndrome, occipital and right frontoparietal headache, weight loss and right torticollis. Laboratory tests: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels elevated.

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Lopes, A.C., Dias, D. (2018). Case 20. In: Xavier, J., Vasconcelos, C., Ramos, C. (eds) Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61140-2_20

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