1. MRI findings in mesenrhombencephalitis due to Listeria monocytogenes
- Author
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Odin P, Graf Lp, and Mrowka M
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Meningitis, Listeria ,Brain Abscess ,Neurological examination ,Malaise ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Mesencephalon ,Pons ,medicine ,Paralysis ,Humans ,Brain abscess ,Past medical history ,Neurological Picture ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Cranial nerves ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Surgery ,Rhombencephalon ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Vomiting ,Encephalitis ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,Differential diagnosis ,business - Abstract
A 53 year old woman was admitted as an emergency case with a two day history of fever, malaise, and vomiting, as well as bifrontal headache. At the time of admission, she felt numbness on the right side of her face and she had an unsteady gait. She did not have a significant past medical history and was not immunocompromised. The neurological examination showed asymmetrical cranial nerve palsies with Bell's paralysis, a one and …
- Published
- 2002