Prolonged course of meningitis due to an arachnoid cyst.
An infected arachnoid cyst was found in a child with bacterial meningitis and prolonged fever. Surgical drainage of the cyst resulted in rapid improvement.
D001099:Arachnoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed