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Spinal arteriovenous malformation presenting as meningitis.

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Lowe, DW; Gospe, SM; Hecht, ST
Published in: Dev Med Child Neurol
June 1996

An 8-month-old boy presented with a two-day history of lethargy. Meningitis was suspected, and cerebrospinal fluid examination demonstrated pleocytosis and elevated protein. After initial improvement with antibiotic and steroid therapy, progressive lower extremity weakness developed, and a midthoracic spinal cord arteriovenous malformation (AVM) was diagnosed. These lesions present rarely in infancy; the classification and pathophysiology of spinal cord AVMs are reviewed.

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Dev Med Child Neurol

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ISSN

0012-1622

Publication Date

June 1996

Volume

38

Issue

6

Start / End Page

549 / 553

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Spinal Cord
  • Pediatrics
  • Meningitis, Bacterial
  • Meningitis, Aseptic
  • Male
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Arteriovenous Malformations
  • 52 Psychology
 

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Lowe, D. W., Gospe, S. M., & Hecht, S. T. (1996). Spinal arteriovenous malformation presenting as meningitis. Dev Med Child Neurol, 38(6), 549–553. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12116.x
Lowe, D. W., S. M. Gospe, and S. T. Hecht. “Spinal arteriovenous malformation presenting as meningitis.Dev Med Child Neurol 38, no. 6 (June 1996): 549–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12116.x.
Lowe DW, Gospe SM, Hecht ST. Spinal arteriovenous malformation presenting as meningitis. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1996 Jun;38(6):549–53.
Lowe, D. W., et al. “Spinal arteriovenous malformation presenting as meningitis.Dev Med Child Neurol, vol. 38, no. 6, June 1996, pp. 549–53. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12116.x.
Lowe DW, Gospe SM, Hecht ST. Spinal arteriovenous malformation presenting as meningitis. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1996 Jun;38(6):549–553.
Journal cover image

Published In

Dev Med Child Neurol

DOI

ISSN

0012-1622

Publication Date

June 1996

Volume

38

Issue

6

Start / End Page

549 / 553

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Spinal Cord
  • Pediatrics
  • Meningitis, Bacterial
  • Meningitis, Aseptic
  • Male
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Arteriovenous Malformations
  • 52 Psychology