Reversible Centripetal Cerebral Vasculitis in Pneumococcal Meningitis

Intern Med. 2023 Mar 15;62(6):953-954. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.0016-22. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Authors

Taichi Nomura¹, Shigehisa Ura¹, Hiroaki Yaguchi², Ichiro Yabe²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital, Japan.
² Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Pneumococcal meningitis; cerebral infarctions; reversible centripetal cerebral vasculitis.

MeSH terms

Cerebral Infarction
Humans
Meningitis, Pneumococcal* / complications
Meningitis, Pneumococcal* / diagnosis
Meningitis, Pneumococcal* / drug therapy
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System* / complications
Vasculitis, Central Nervous System* / diagnostic imaging