title: [Differential diagnosis of atypical plasma cells in the cerebrospinal fluid].
abstract: 2102 samples of lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were examined by qualitative cytology for atypical plasma cells. Samples from seven patients contained such cells. Retrospective investigation of these patients revealed that four of them had had neuroborreliosis, one had multiple sclerosis, one herpes zoster and one malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It is concluded that in a case of unexplained meningoradiculitis with lymphoplasmocytic reaction in the CSF, morphological analysis of the plasma cells can provide important diagnostic pointers.
authors: Abteilung für klinische Zytologie, Universität Bern.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Kraft
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Altermatt
authors: Q
authors: Q
authors: Nguyen-Tran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Differentialdiagnose atypischer Plasmazellen im Liquor cerebrospinalis.