title: Meningitis and sphenoidal sinusitis associated with free gas in the suprasellar cistern.
abstract: A case of pneumococcal meningitis in association with sphenoidal sinusitis is described. A focal gas collection was demonstrated adjacent to the posterior clinoid process. No discernible breach of the sphenoidal sinus walls could be shown.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Paediatrics, Adelaide Children's Hospital, South Australia.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Couper
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Goldwater
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hansman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015524:Sphenoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005740:Gases