Male with Altered Mental Status

CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old male presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and fever. Computed tomography of the head showed enlargement of the left lateral ventricle. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated debris and purulence in the ventricle along with edema and trans...

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Autores principales: Kondrat, Jason, Ilyaguyev, Ben, Stern, Jonathan, Choe, Teresa, Greenstein, Josh, Hahn, Barry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021
Materias:
Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33560974
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.12.50960
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Sumario:CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old male presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and fever. Computed tomography of the head showed enlargement of the left lateral ventricle. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated debris and purulence in the ventricle along with edema and transependymal flow of cerebrospinal fluid surrounding both ventricles. DISCUSSION: The patient was diagnosed with ventriculitis. Ventriculitis is an uncommon but serious disease. Early recognition and treatment are essential.

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