Nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to tuberculous meningitis: report of two cases.
Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, one of the life-threatening diseases seen in Emergency Departments, is rarely caused by conditions other than rupture of saccular aneurysms. We report two cases of suspected tuberculous meningitis complicated with nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage confirmed by conventional cerebral angiography. Tuberculous meningitis should be considered in the differential diagnoses in cases of nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, especially in tuberculosis endemic areas.
Yeh
Steve Ting-Yuan
ST
Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, 901 Chung-Hua Road, Yung-Kang City, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
Lee
Wei-Jing
WJ
Lin
Huey-Juan
HJ
Chen
Chin-Yu
CY
Te
Antonio Leo
AL
Lin
Hung-Jung
HJ
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications*