title: Fat-laden macrophages in cerebrospinal fluid as an indication of brain damage in children.
abstract: A study of the incidence of fat-laden cells (compound granular corpuscles) in the cerebrospinal fluid in infants indicating that a high level of these cells (over 40% of cells) is invariably associated with a bad prognosis and lower levels of these cells can give a useful indication of brain damage in children with meningitis and ventriculitis.
mesh_terms: D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D005223:Fats / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008264:Macrophages / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D009336:Necrosis; D011379:Prognosis; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D005223:Fats