Retroperitoneal infection complicated by bacterial meningitis and ventriculitis with secondary brainstem infarction.
作者信息
Willey Joshua Z, Prabhakaran Shyam, DelaPaz Robert
机构信息
Department of Neurology, Columbia University, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
出版信息
Neurocrit Care. 2007;6(3):192-4. doi: 10.1007/s12028-007-0009-9.
PMID:17572862
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Retroperitoneal abscesses have been previously reported to cause infectious meningitis. Cerebral infarction is a known complication of basilar meningitis.
SUMMARY OF CASE
We present a case where a comatose patient with a known retroperitoneal abscess was diagnosed via Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with extensive brainstem infarction secondary to basilar meningitis.
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