title: Abnormal spinal fluid in hypertensive encephalopathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, USD School of Medicine; Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sehr
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male