Infectious Endocarditis Presenting as Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Patient Admitted for Lumbar Radiculopathy

Infectious endocarditis is frequently found in the neurologic intensive care unit and may rarely be the cause of intracranial hemorrhage. In such instances, further diagnostic imaging to search for an underlying structural lesion is prudent. Well-known causes of these hemorrhages include cardioembol...

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Main Authors: David Ethan Kahn, Kristine O'Phelan, Ross Bullock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/428729