Acute cysticercal meningitis--missed diagnosis.
Neurocysticercosis is the commonest CNS parasitic disease worldwide but cysticercal meningoencephalitis is relatively rare, especially in Indian patients. We herein report a girl with cysticercal meningitis that was initially not suspected and later diagnosed on the basis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) eosinophilia. The need for CSF examination with wright-giemsa staining to avoid missing CSF eosinophilia is discussed.
Mishra
Devendra
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Department of Pediatric Medicine, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Maulana Azad Medical College, Geeta Colony, Delhi-110 031, India. dr_dmishra@rediffmail.com
Sharma
Suvasini
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Gupta
Sanjeev
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Das
Manoja
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Chauhan
Dinesh
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008578:Meninges; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*