Retroperitoneal infection complicated by bacterial meningitis and ventriculitis with secondary brainstem infarction.
BACKGROUND
Retroperitoneal abscesses have been previously reported to cause infectious meningitis. Cerebral infarction is a known complication of basilar meningitis.


METHODS
We present a case where a comatose patient with a known retroperitoneal abscess was diagnosed via Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with extensive brainstem infarction secondary to basilar meningitis.
Willey
Joshua Z
JZ
Department of Neurology, Columbia University, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. jwilley@neuro.columbia.edu
Prabhakaran
Shyam
S
DelaPaz
Robert
R
D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000150:complications*; D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space