Lethal subarachnoid bleeding under immunosuppressive therapy due to mycotic arteritis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) occurred 67 days after cardiac transplantation in a 10-year-old girl with consecutive immunocompromising therapy. Neither digital subtraction angiography (DSA) nor computed tomographic angiography showed signs of intracranial vascular malformations. One month before the lethal SAH occurred, she had developed arterial hypertension and attacks of severe headache with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis while CT scans showed an infarct of the left thalamus. Pathologic findings established the rare diagnosis of SAH due to aspergillosis-related mycotic arteritis. Imaging characteristics are presented.
Medical subject headings
- Arteritis
- Aspergillosis
- Cerebral Arterial Diseases
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage