title: Listeria monocytogenes meningitis complicated by symptomatic spinal subarachnoid cysts.
abstract: We report the case of a man who developed signs of compression of the spinal cord in the dorsal region over a year after treatment of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis. He proved to have mild hydrocephalus and a number of subarachnoid pouches compressing the upper dorsal cord. Insertion of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt caused clinical improvement. We believe that this was caused by relief of tension in the spinal cysts rather than any reduction in ventricular size.
authors.affiliation: Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Warley, UK.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abduljabbar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt