A 13-year-old Spanish Breton was presented for a hyperacute onset of dull mentation followed by generalised tonic-clonic seizure and recumbency. An intracranial magnetic resonance imaging study identified well-demarcated intraventricular mass, cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed moderate neutrophilic pleocytosis proteinorrachia. tentative diagnosis meningioma made medical treatment started. A...

Background The progression of human African trypanosomiasis from the early hemolymphatic stage to the late meningoencephalitic stage is of critical diagnostic importance as it determines the choice of potentially toxic drug regimens. Current diagnostic criteria involving analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for parasites and/or pleocytosis are sensitive, but recent evidence suggests that speci...

OBJECTIVES The differential diagnosis for young to middle-aged dogs with progressive neurological signs, focal or multifocal computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging lesions, mononuclear cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and negative infectious titres includes granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis, breed-specific meningoencephalitis, infectious meningoencephalitis of unknown origin and cen...

Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease caused by a flavivirus, is recognized in over 120 countries with 3.6 billion people living in areas at risk. Neurological manifestations are infrequently reported as clinical consequences of dengue infection. Though severe dengue may be associated with meningoencephalitis, meningitis is a rare initial presentation of otherwise uncomplicated dengue fever. We repo...

OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency and characteristics of seizure-induced cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) abnormalities in children and to identify potential alternative causes of these findings. METHODS Consecutive patients (n = 80) who underwent lumbar puncture within 24 hours after a seizure were studied retrospectively. The presence of CSF abnormalities in total leukocytes, polymorphonuclear...