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| Year : 2017 | Volume
: 12
| Issue : 4 | Page : 367-370 |
Mycotic cerebral aneurysm in a premature infant
John T Meadows Dr. 1, Don Hayes2, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar3, Willem Guillermo Calderon-Miranda4
1 Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2 Pediatric pulmonology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
3 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia, Mexico
4 Department of Radiology, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gozalez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Correspondence Address:
Jr. John T Meadows
Division of Neonatology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, 1920 Alcoa Highway, Box U-38, Knoxville 37920, Tennessee, USA
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DOI: 10.4103/JPN.JPN_94_17
Mycotic cerebral aneurysms in neonates are extremely rare and can be difficult to diagnose without a high index of suspicion. We describe a 33-week gestation preterm neonate who developed a mycotic cerebral aneurysm leading to death before repair could be performed. We believe this to be the first literature reported case of a mycotic cerebral aneurysm in a preterm infant. This case revives the ongoing question of when to perform a lumbar puncture in a potentially septic or meningitic infant, while also casting light on maintaining a high index of suspicion for rare intracranial diagnoses that require cranial imaging.
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