Paes discharged from hospital

Tennis player Leander Paes has been released from the M D Anderson Cancer Centre in Orlando, where he underwent treatment for a parasitic infection in the brain.

Paes, who was admitted for a suspected brain tumour, was released on August 30, hospital sources said on Tuesday.

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The player, who was suffering from neurocysticercosis, an infection that causes a brain abscess, is believed to be taking rest at his house in Orlando. He is under medication and will take some time before resuming tennis.

A brain abscess is a mass of immune cells, pus and other materials. It occurs when bacteria or fungus infect the brain.

Paes, during his days in the hospital, was taking albendazole, an anti-parasitic medication, to shrink the abscess, steroids to reduce the swelling and an anti-seizure medication.