Callosal disconnection syndrome after ischemic stroke of the corpus callosum due to meningococcal meningitis: A case report

J Neurol Sci. 2016 Oct 15:369:119-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.08.009. Epub 2016 Aug 4.

Authors

Nicola A Marchi¹, Radek Ptak¹, Corinne Wetzel¹, Maria I Vargas², Armin Schnider¹, Nicolas Nicastro³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Division of Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: nicolas.nicastro@hcuge.ch.

PMID: 27653875
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.08.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Bacterial meningitis; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Disconnection syndrome; Stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Brain Infarction* / diagnostic imaging
Brain Infarction* / etiology
Brain Infarction* / pathology
Brain Ischemia / complications
Brain Ischemia / etiology*
Corpus Callosum / diagnostic imaging
Corpus Callosum / pathology*
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Meningitis, Meningococcal / complications*
Meningitis, Meningococcal / diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Stroke / etiology*
Stroke / pathology*