title: Recurrent meningitis caused by cervico-medullary abscess, a rare presentation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recurrent bacterial meningitis is usually a complication of cranial anatomical defect or the result of impaired humoral immunity, notably, defects of the complement system and agammaglobulinemia. It could present a diverse range of symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Meningitis as a presentation of intramedullary abscess is not common. Here we present a 7-year-old boy with recurrent meningitis as the first manifestation of an underlying upper cervical cord abscess.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, 14155-7854, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Nima
authors: N
authors: Baradaran
authors: Hamed
authors: H
authors: Ahmadi
authors: Farideh
authors: F
authors: Nejat
authors: Mostafa
authors: M
authors: El Khashab
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Mahdavi
authors: Ali Akbar
authors: AA
authors: Rahbarimanesh
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*