title: [Unusual causes of chronic meningitis, report of 5 cases].
abstract: Chronic meningitis is a frequent disease; it constitutes a real diagnostic challenge because of different etiologic possibilities, the most important being infectious, chemical, inflammatory, tumoral, autoimmune and of unknown origin. Chronic meningitis, as a rule, needs the use of a wide and expensive battery of studies, but frequently despite all this, it is not possible to make a diagnosis. Biopsies of meninges and brain play a key role in the study of this type of patients. We present five cases of chronic meningitis; some important considerations are made in relation to diagnosis and therapeutic management.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología CMN Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, IMSS, Veracruz, Ver.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Rogel-Ortiz
authors.forename: Alejandro A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Velásquez-Méndez
authors.forename: Laura Lidia
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Martínez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged