Gyriform calcification after purulent meningitis.
A 2-month-old baby developed bilateral frontoparietal gyriform calcification after purulent meningitis. Biopsy revealed severe cerebral cortical degeneration with many calcified foci. Another feature of interest was reabsorption of calcification over a period of 4.5 months.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging