Cerebellar hemorrhage as an atypical complication of meningococcal meningitis

摘要

FiguresFigure 1Brain CT image on the second day of hospitalization, revealing a high-density area in the right cerebellar hemisphere.Figure 2Brain CT image on the seventh day of hospitalization, showing a virtually total absorption of the hematoma.Cerebrovascular phenomena have been well documented in traditional reviews of bacterial meningitis in children and adults alike.1–6 However, this is the first documented case of cerebellar hemorrhage linked to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B in a child.