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Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/diagnosis , Dura Mater/pathology , Ear Neoplasms/diagnosis , Facial Nerve Diseases/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Neurilemmoma/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Adult , Bone Remodeling/physiology , Cerebellopontine Angle/pathology , Cranial Fossa, Middle/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Ear, Inner/pathology , Ear, Middle/pathology , Facial Nerve/pathology , Geniculate Ganglion/pathology , Humans , Male , Neuroma, Acoustic/diagnosisABSTRACT
We report a case of meningitis caused by Streptococcus salivarius in a 49-year-old woman with a previously undiagnosed cerebrospinal fluid fistula due to a sphenoid mucocele. We reviewed the literature concerning meningitis caused by this uncommon organism and to the best of our knowledge this is the first case of S. salivarius meningitis associated with sphenoid mucocele.
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Meningitis, Bacterial/microbiology , Mucocele/microbiology , Sphenoid Sinus/microbiology , Streptococcal Infections/microbiology , Streptococcus/classification , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Female , Fistula/diagnosis , Fistula/pathology , Humans , Meningitis, Bacterial/diagnosis , Middle Aged , Mucocele/pathology , Species Specificity , Sphenoid Sinus/pathology , Streptococcal Infections/diagnosisSubject(s)
Camurati-Engelmann Syndrome/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Temporal Bone/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Adult , Camurati-Engelmann Syndrome/complications , Camurati-Engelmann Syndrome/diagnostic imaging , Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear/complications , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Mastoid/diagnostic imaging , Mastoid/pathology , Petrous Bone/diagnostic imaging , Petrous Bone/pathologyABSTRACT
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides the most detailed evaluation of the sacroiliac (SI) joint and surrounding soft tissue. Therefore, this technique represents the most sensitive and specific method in early diagnosis of infectious sacroiliitis. Among three patients diagnosed as having infectious sacroiliitis in our hospital, the short tau inversion recovery sequence (STIR) was found to be more effective than the T1 contrast-enhanced sequence, particularly in delineating all findings of the SI joint inflammation and allowing for the early detection of septic sacroiliitis.
