Recurrent meningitis in a child due to an occult spinal lesion
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Occult skull fracture and recurrent meningitis
Methods: A 9-year-old boy presented with acute headache, fever and vomiting. He had recurrent meningitis episode one month earlier and a head trauma 6 months ago. Laboratory fi ndings and lumbar puncture suggested an intracranial bacterial infection. Computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and nasal endoscopy failed to fi nd the presence of rhinorrhea. Spiral computed tomography was...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.060163