Sudden death from rupture of cerebral abscess into subarachnoid space

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Dec 13;11(1):e226743. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226743.

Authors

Courtney Curran¹, Ambica Nakhasi², Gina Prochilo³, Tapan Kavi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: infection (neurology); neuroimaging; neurology; pathology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Abscess / complications
Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Abscess / pathology
Brain Death
Death, Sudden / etiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / complications
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications
Humans
Male
Rupture, Spontaneous
Sinusitis / complications
Subarachnoid Space / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed