Open AccessThe use of magnetic resonance and MR angiography in the detection of cerebral infarction: A complication of pediatric bacterial meningitis
Author(s) -
Tatjana Stošić-Opinćal,
Katarina Kačar,
Srboljub Stošić,
Slobodan Lavrnić,
Vesna Perić,
M Gavrilov
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0509645s
Subject(s) - medicine , fluid attenuated inversion recovery , coronal plane , meningitis , infarction , radiology , cerebral infarction , magnetic resonance imaging , magnetic resonance angiography , angiography , abscess , surgery , myocardial infarction , ischemia
Association of both cerebral infarction and acute bacterial meningitis is more common in younger patients than in the elderly. The rate of mortality and the frequency of sequela are very high inspite of the use of modern antibiotic therapy. In more than 30% of the cases of childhood bacterial meningitis, both arterial and venous infarctions can occur. The aim of this study was to present the role of the use of magnetic resonance (MRI), and MR angiography (MRA) in the detection of bacterial meningitis in children complicated with cerebral infarctions.