Basophilic meningitis secondary to lymphoma.
In this case report of basophilic meningitis, the patient was a 5-year-old girl under treatment for a diffuse lymphocytic lymphoma. She presented with headache and bilateral papilledema. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed 60 percent basophils. Subsequent specimens showed a rare blast. It is postulated that after the lymphoma cells had spread to the meninges, a cell-mediated immune reaction was initiated with the appearance of basophils in the exudate.
D001491:Basophils / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology