RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Complicated by Vasculitis: A Cause of Fatal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Two Cases
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1605
OP 1608
VO 20
IS 9
A1 Erly, William K.
A1 Labadie, Enrique
A1 Williams, Paul L.
A1 Lee, Darlene M.
A1 Carmody, Raymond F.
A1 Seeger, Joachim F.
YR 1999
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/20/9/1605.abstract
AB Summary: We describe two cases of disseminated coccidioidomycosis that were complicated by fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage. In the first case, a left middle cerebral artery aneurysm and long-segment vasculitis occurred. In the second case, MR imaging revealed an enlarging coccidioidal granuloma at the tip of the basilar artery, and the artery subsequently ruptured. Fatal intracranial hemorrhage is a rare complication of disseminated coccidioidomycosis.