title: Medical management of eosinophilic meningitis following bovine graft duraplasty for Chiari malformation Type I repair: case report.
abstract: Eosinophilic meningitis is a known complication of duraplasty, including that using bovine tissues. Previous authors have relied on surgical removal of the graft for treatment. Authors of the present report describe a 7-year-old girl with eosinophilic meningitis following duraplasty with a bovine pericardium graft who was successfully treated using corticosteroid therapy alone.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology and.
authors.forename: Adam P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Ostendorf
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Connolly
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000601:surgery*; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery*; D004804:Eosinophils; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone