Cranial sonography in pyogenic meningitis in neonates and infants

J Trop Pediatr. 1995 Apr;41(2):68-73. doi: 10.1093/tropej/41.2.68.

Abstract

Cranial sonography was performed in 34 infants with proven meningitis and with clinical suspicion of its complications, utilizing the patent anterior fontanelle. Twenty-five patients showed various sonographic findings which included ventriculomegaly, echogenic sulci, subdural effusion, ventriculitis, infarction/cerebritis, cerebral oedema, porencephalic cyst, etc. Sonography is safe and cost-effective in diagnosis of complications, and management of pyogenic meningitis in infants.

MeSH terms

  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebral Ventricles / physiopathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Echoencephalography*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / complications
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed