title: Respiratory epithelial cells masquerading as agents of primary amebic meningoencephalitis: distinguishing features.
abstract: CSF does not normally contain motile cells within flagella or cilia. When motile cells are seen in the CSF, they may be incorrectly assumed to be amebae. We studied a patient with a traumatic mucocele, in whom motile ciliated respiratory epithelial cells were seen in the CSF and within a frontal lobe brain abscess.
mesh_terms: D000562:Amebiasis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D000656:Amoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology