title: Subarachnoid haemorrhage as initial symptom of multiple brain abscesses.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rhode
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Oosterhout
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mull
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gilsbach
mesh_terms: 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