title: Acute cysticercal meningitis--missed diagnosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Medicine, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Maulana Azad Medical College, Geeta Colony, Delhi-110 031, India. dr_dmishra@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Devendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Suvasini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Manoja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chauhan
mesh_terms: 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*