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- Title
Pyogenic Meningitis Complicated with Extensive Central Nervous System Vasculitis and Moyamoya Vasculopathy.
- Authors
Dhawan, Sumeet R.; Sahu, Jitendra K.; Vyas, Sameer; Singhi, Sunit C.; Singhi, Pratibha D.
- Abstract
Meningitis is an uncommon complications of head trauma. Vasculitis in bacterial meningitis is seen in 9%-25% of adults. Neurological deficits in bacterial meningitis are seen in about one-third of children. Isolated cranial nerve palsies are common, whereas major deficits such as hemiparesis and quadriparesis are rare. We describe a case of a 7-year-old boy who had post-traumatic meningitis complicated with quadriparesis and severe vasculitis of bilateral anterior and posterior circulation with moyamoya vasculopathy
- Subjects
INDIA; CEREBROSPINAL fluid examination; BRAIN injuries; CENTRAL nervous system diseases; FEVER; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; MOYAMOYA disease; VASCULITIS; BACTERIAL meningitis; DISEASE complications; BACTERIAL disease treatment
- Publication
Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2018, Vol 13, Issue 3, p343
- ISSN
1817-1745
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/jpn.JPN_125_17