Meningoencephalitis due to anthrax: CT and MR findings |
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| Authors: | Hanefi Yildirim Nimet Kabakus Mustafa Koc Ayse Murat Feyza İnceköy Girgin |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Radiology, Firat University, Elazig, 23119, Turkey;(2) Department of Paediatric Neurology, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Anthrax is primarily a disease of herbivores, but it also causes cutaneous, respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in humans. Bacillus anthracis is an uncommon cause of meningitis and generally produces a haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis. We present the CT and MR findings of anthrax meningoencephalitis due to the cutaneous form of anthrax in a 12-year-old boy. They showed focal intracerebral haemorrhage with leptomeningeal enhancement. |
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| Keywords: | Anthrax Encephalitis CT MRI |
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