Cerebral Affection Simulating Apoplexy

Cerebral Malaria Simulating Meningitis

anaemia no cyanosis. Tongue?dry and coated. Bowels ?constipated". Pulse?feeble, 130 per minute, regular. Heart sounds?normal. Lungs?moist sounds at the bases. Temperature?101 ?F. (axillary). Treatment.?Blood films were taken for the examination of malaria parasites and the patient was put on quinine sulphate mixture 5i, t.d.s., each dose contain10"? seven grains of quinine sulphate. Blood films...

Pituitary Apoplexy Complicated by Chemical Meningitis and Cerebral Infarction

A 41-yr-old man was admitted with acute headache, neck stiffness, and febrile sensation. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed pleocytosis, an increased protein level and, a decreased glucose concentration. No organisms were observed on a culture study. An imaging study revealed pituitary macroadenoma with hemorrhage. On the 7th day of the attack, confusion, dysarthria, and right-sided facial ...

Pituitary apoplexy: a rare cause of middle cerebral artery infarction.

Pituitary apoplexy is a well-known complication of a pituitary adenoma. However, an ischaemic event caused by pituitary apoplexy is rare. We reported a case of pituitary apoplexy with middle cerebral artery infarction in a 44-year old man who presented with a sudden onset of altered sensorium. Vasospasm is the most likely underlying cause of the infarction in this case secondary to transdiaphra...

Cerebral aspergillosis simulating pyogenic abscesses.

Departments of 1. Radiology and 2. Anatomopathology, Cliniques Universitaires SaintLuc, Bruxelles, Belgium Background: A 29-year-young male patient with a history of HIV for approximately 4 years ago was admitted to the department of Internal Medicine for fever, with a headache resistant to analgesics. He also presented nausea without vomiting, and the fever persisted despite antibiotic treatme...

Apoplexy