Purulent meningitis due to spontaneous anterior sacral meningocele perforation. Case report.
A 36 year old woman with anterior sacral meningocele developed a purulent meningitis secondary to the rupture of the meningeal sac into the rectum. The value of neuroradialogical studies, especially CT, is emphasized.
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Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche, Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Reggio Calabria.
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Gambardella
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Oliveri
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012007:Rectum; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed