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Infectious Endocarditis Presenting as Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Patient Admitted for Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Source :
- Case Reports in Critical Care, Vol 2011 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2011.
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Abstract
- Infectious endocarditis is frequently found in the neurologic intensive care unit and may rarely be the cause of intracranial hemorrhage. In such instances, further diagnostic imaging to search for an underlying structural lesion is prudent. Well-known causes of these hemorrhages include cardioembolism with hemorrhagic transformation, septic emboli, and mycotic aneurysms. We present a case of a patient who was admitted for routine evaluation and pain management of lumbar radiculopathy, who developed a large intraparenchymal hemorrhage and was found to have bacterial endocarditis. This was diagnosed retrospectively from positive hematoma cultures and a vegetation on transesophageal echocardiogram. Further evaluation revealed a mycotic aneurysm.
- Subjects :
- Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
RC86-88.9
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20906420 and 20906439
- Volume :
- 2011
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Critical Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.6744c0832f47c5b53a62790bb23402
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/428729