Mount Fuji Sign: A Rare Complication of Meningitis

Haseki Tıp Bülteni

Filiz Pehlivanoğlu¹  Gönül Şengöz¹  Mustafa Ali Akçetin² 

[1] University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İstanbul, Turkey;University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Neurosurgery, İstanbul, Turkey;

关键词: Mount Fuji sign;    lumbar puncture;    meningitis;    pneumocephalus;   

DOI  :  10.4274/haseki.15870

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Acute bacterial meningitis is a critical condition also because of associated complications and sequelae besides being a life-threatening infection. The complications may develop due to disease itself, diagnostic procedures or treatment. Pneumocephaly is defined as the presence of air in the cranial cavity. Pneumocephalus of spinal origin may be associated with spinal trauma, penetrating injury, tumors, and infections resulting from iatrogenic causes such as lumbar puncture. Here, we present a case of a 22-year-old male with the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in whom pneumocephalus occurred after lumbar puncture. In this study, we aimed to draw attention to a rare complication of lumbar puncture.

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