Neurogenic pulmonary edema associated with meningitis.
A 17-year-old man presented with acute febrile, obtundation, nuchal rigidity and CSF pleocytosis with polymorphonuclear cell predominate. He developed acute pulmonary edema which could not be explained by other mechanisms. Meningitis appears to be another cause of neurogenic pulmonary edema.
Chotmongkol
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Department of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Thiensiri
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Boonma
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography