ECR 2024 / C-16220
CNS infections: a pictorial review. From bacterial meningitis to parasites
Congress:
ECR 2024
Poster Number:
C-16220
Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Neuroradiology brain, CT, MR, Complications, Abscess, Infection
Authors:
D. Castanedo Vázquez, E. Marco de Lucas, R. Sutil-Berjón, E. Marín Díez, M. Drake Perez, J. García Poza, S. Revuelta Gómez, �. Sánchez Mulas
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2024/C-16220
Personal information and conflict of interest
Fig 1:
Case A represents a 40 y.o. male who came in unresponsive. Stroke code was...
Fig 2:
Leptomeningeal and pachymeningeal enhancement. Both represent meningeal...
Fig 3:
Signs of acute meningitis. 1) Presence of purulent exudate in the subarachnoid...
Fig 4:
Complications of acute meningitis, part 1. Case A represents acute...
Fig 5:
Complications of acute meningitis, part 12. Case 4 represents arterial ischemic...
Fig 6:
Acute meningitis complicated with subdural hygromas (red arrows, note the...
Fig 7:
Acute sinusitis complicated initially with cerebritis, and later brain abscess....
Fig 8:
Bacterial brain abscesses typically present as ring enhancing lesions with a...
Fig 9:
There is a predilection to grow towards the ventricles for abscesses. It may...
Fig 10:
Radiological appearances of spinal cord abscesses.
Fig 11:
Case A represents bacterial septic emboli in a patient with bacterial...
Fig 12:
Meningeal tuberculosis. The main finding is the combined presence of...
Fig 13:
Hipointensity of the cavity in a necrotic lesion should suggest tuberculosis,...
Fig 14:
Fungal abscess. A right frontal lesion is shown, with vasogenic edema and...
Fig 15:
Appearances are compatible with temporal hyperperfusion in a patient with...
Fig 16:
Subacute recurrent herpetic encephalitis. This is the case of a 30 y.o. woman...
Fig 17:
Differential diagnosis of herpetic encephalitis.
Fig 18:
Rhomboencephalitis. Hypodensities on CT are usually very subtle or non...
Fig 19:
Acute cerebellitis/acute cerebellar ataxia. A 5 y.o child debuted with an...
Fig 20:
Bilateral thalamic Influenza A encephalitis. In this case, in addition to...
Fig 21:
Typical bilateral mesial temporal distribution, which may be confused with...
Fig 22:
Case A: Neurocisticercosis. 11-year old boy from Colombia, who presents with...
Fig 23:
Toxoplasmosis. Eccentric target sign is very specific, although a not very...
Fig 24:
Typical findings of cryptococcal meningitis. Bilateral dilatations are...
Fig 25:
Case A: Typical imaging features of PML. Bilateral parieto-occipital lesions...
Fig 26:
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in an HIV+ patient with a...
Fig 27:
Nocardia. A 41-year-old woman, bone marrow transplanted 3 years ago for acute...
Fig 28:
The first two images, both non contrast CT head images, correspond to a...
![](https://epos.myesr.org/posterimage/esr/ecr2024/165034/media/980265?maxheight=150&maxwidth=150 "Fig 29: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease involvement. There are severa foci of diffusion restriction in the cortex and basal ganglia, bilateral and fairly symmetric. This pattern of involvement, together with a rapidly progressive dementia, should raise suspicion.
In this case, there is also a bilateral "hockey stick" sign in the pulvinars of both thalami; this is an example of the variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob.")
Fig 29:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease involvement. There are severa foci of diffusion...
