Abnormal spinal fluid in hypertensive encephalopathy.
A 44-year-old white male presented with marked hypertension and encephalopathy. His spinal fluid showed a neutrophilic pleocytosis in the absence of infection. While cases of hypertensive encephalopathy with concomitant minor lymphocytic pleocytosis have been occasionally described, it is distinctly abnormal to have a neutrophilic pleocytosis in this setting.
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Department of Neurosciences, USD School of Medicine; Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
Hoffman
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Miles
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Freeman
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D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male