title: Self-limited recurrent multifocal neurological symptoms, headache, and cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytic pleocytosis: a benign syndrome with a predilection for young adult men.
abstract: Two young men, aged 34 and 30 years, developed transient recurrent multifocal neurological symptoms with associated severe headache over a 2-week period. Both had a lymphocytic pleocytosis in their cerebrospinal fluid. Cranial imaging studies were normal. All symptoms resolved without recurrence. Although the cause and pathogenesis are undefined, this self-limited benign neurological syndrome may be more common than previously recognized and has a predilection for young adult men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown 26506-9180, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Moudgil
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Riggs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D006261:Headache / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013577:Syndrome; D014481:United States