Leakage of contrast into a postmeningitic subdural effusion: a CT finding.
The CT findings in a 6-month-old boy with hemophilus influenzae meningitis, complicated by the occurrence of bilateral subdural effusions, are described. The effusions were hypodense and the contents markedly enhanced (increase of 40 Hounsfield units) after contrast injection.
D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000150:complications*; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed