Subarachnoid haemorrhage as initial symptom of multiple brain abscesses.
The case of evolving multiple brain abscesses which became symptomatic with a sudden hemianopsia and the clinical and radiological signs of a subarachnoid haemorrhage, is reported. A common pathomechanism which could explain both the sudden focal neurological deficit and the subarachnoid bleeding is discussed.
Rhode
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, Germany.
van Oosterhout
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Mull
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Gilsbach
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D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed