Case Report
Intraventricular Nicardipine for Reversible Vasospasm Related to Cryptococcal Meningovasculitis
| Shaheryar Hafeez1* and Asma Zakaria2 | |
| 1Department of Neurology, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA | |
| 2Department of Neurology, The Metro Health System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA | |
| Corresponding Author : | Shaheryar Hafeez Division of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurosciences Critical Care Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine 333 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA Tel: 1 614-292-7137 E-mail: Shaheryar.hafeez@osumc.edu |
| Received: June 27, 2015 Accepted: July 18, 2015 Published: July 23, 2015 | |
| Citation: Hafeez S, Zakaria A (2015) Intraventricular Nicardipine for Reversible Vasospasm Related to Cryptococcal Meningovasculitis. J Neuroinfect Dis 6:185. doi:10.4172/2314-7326.1000185 | |
| Copyright: © 2015 Hafeez S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
Basilar meningovasculitis causing diffuse vasospasm is an under recognized complication of CNS cryptococcal infection. We report the case of cryptococcal meningitis causing severe vasospasm and its successful treatment with intraventricular (IVT) nicardipine.
