Open AccessFatal basilar vasculopathy complicating bacterial meningitis.
Author(s) -
James Perry,
J. M. Bilbao,
T A Gray
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.23.8.1175
Subject(s) - medicine , meningitis , basilar artery , vasculitis , subarachnoid hemorrhage , cerebral infarction , thrombosis , aneurysm , infarction , cerebral vasculitis , pathology , surgery , cardiology , ischemia , disease , myocardial infarction
Bacterial meningitis complicated by thrombosis, vasculitis, and aneurysm formation affecting both small and distal branches of cerebral vessels has been well described. Involvement of major cerebral vessels is rare and has only been documented late in the course of disease.
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