title: Purulent meningitis due to spontaneous anterior sacral meningocele perforation. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche, Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Reggio Calabria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fiumara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Foti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gambardella
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzeo
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Oliveri
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quattrone
mesh_terms: 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