Meningitis as Complication of Currarino Syndrome

Currarino syndrome

Other names: Currarino triad; ASP (Anal atresia, sacral anomalies, presacral mass); Sacral defect with Anterior Meningocoele Note: Currarino syndrome is a multiple congenital anomalies syndrome characterized by partial agenesis of the sacrum in association with pelvic malformation. Anal atresia and the presence of a pre-sacral mass (teratoma and/or anterior meningocoele) make up the so called C...

Causalgia as a complication of meningococcal meningitis.

Meningitis as a complication of infective endocarditis.

Although approximately 30% of patients with endocarditis present with neurological complications, the development of meningitis in these patients is rare. This case report describes a female patient who developed meningitis as a complication of mitral valve endocarditis, and surgery was required for this patient due to acute heart failure resulting from the rupture of the chordae tendineae.

Meningitis as a Complication of Dysentery

1 was called upon to see a case 01 a male cnna, ageu 14 months, who was being treated for dysentery. The complaint started four days previously with temperature, frequency of stools, and tenesmus. The temperature was continuously at 101 ?F. to 102?F. with a morning remission of about 1?. For the first two days of illness the stools were scanty, almost bloody and with very little mucus. Later, a...

Meningitis as a complication of dacryocystorhinostomy.

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