A 69-year-old woman presented to this hospital because of a 2-month period of increasing apathy, confusion, and depression. She had a history of connective-tissue disease and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Ten days before admission, a magnetic resonance image of the brain was obtained, which was abnormal.
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