[Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis following lacquer poisoning. Case report and differential diagnostic considerations].
The authors report about a 43-year-old male patient, who suffered from an acute toxic brain injury. Twelve days prior to death, after sealing his floor, he experienced progressively increasing headache without fever; the CSF examination disclosed marked eosinophilia. The clinical and pathomorphological features of his illness are discussed and together with the various possible etiologies of eosinophilia in the CSF.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007764:Lacquer / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D010150:Paint / Q000506:poisoning*
Fatale eosinophile Meningoencephalitis nach Lackintoxikation. Fallbericht und differentialdiagnostiche Uberlegungen.