Rapid diagnosis of cerebral sinovenous thrombosis complicating group B streptococcus meningitis by multidetector CT venography
- H M Cheung1,
- W C W Chu2,
- H S Lam1,
- P C Ng1
- 1Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Professor P C Ng, Department of Paediatrics, 6th Floor, Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong; pakcheungng{at}cuhk.edu.hk
A full-term infant delivered vaginally developed fever and refractory seizures at 34 h of age, ultimately requiring thiopentone anaesthesia. Cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood cultures isolated Streptococcus agalactiae. Urgent plain cranial CT revealed a hypo-attenuated area in the left occipital region (fig 1). A multidetector computed tomographic (MDCT) venogram showed a …
