ACUTE BENIGN LYMPHOCYTIC MENINGITIS: (ACUTE ASEPTIC MENINGITIS)

Benign Lymphocytic Meningitis: (Acute Aseptic Meningitis)

Acute Aseptic Meningitis

aseptic meningitis or benign lymphocytic meningitis has been given. Wallgren (1925) gave the first account of this condition. His observa, tions were based on a small epidemic. Since then it has been described from time to time by many physicians under different names ?aseptic benign purulent meningitis (Schiff, 1930), idiopathic benign serous, meningitis (Andersen and Wulff, 1930), epidemic me...

Acute Aseptic Meningitis.

After the operation for mastoid. (a) When the temperature is raised the dura should not be opened, nor the brain explored by a needle. If this is done the patient will rarely, if ever, survive. With the subsidence of temperature there may be a complete disappearance of the signs of increased intracranial tension with recovery. (b) When the temperature is not raised and there is strong indicatio...

Acute Urinary Retention due to Aseptic Meningitis: Meningitis-Retention Syndrome.

Acute urinary retention in aseptic meningitis is rarely encountered, and the diagnosis of aseptic meningitis may be less than straightforward, because its symptoms and neurological signs are occasionally mild or absent. We report a case in which acute urinary retention provided an appropriate indication for the diagnosis of aseptic meningitis as the cause of an undiagnosed fever.

Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis.

Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis is a recurring, typically innocuous, painful form of aseptic meningitis. This syndrome is associated with transient neurological symptoms in one-half of afflicted patients. The causative agent is usually herpes simplex virus type 2, which can be confirmed by detection of viral DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid using polymerase chain reaction. Clinical diseas...