Metastatic cerebral abscesses due to Hemophilus paraphrophilus.
A patient who had a two-month history of nonspecific inflammatory disease experienced symptoms of raised intracranial pressure and meningitis. Computed tomographic scan showed multiple, small ring-enhancing hypodensities consistent with cerebral abscesses. The infective agent proved to be Hemophilus paraphrophilus, a fastidious, particularly slow-growing organism that was identified on blood cultures. An autopsy disclosed disseminated microabscesses and demonstrated typical pathologic changes of endocarditis complicating mitral valve prolapse.
D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography