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In medicine, pleocytosis (or pleiocytosis) is an increased cell count (from Greek pleion, "more"), particularly an increase in white blood cell count, in a bodily fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid. [1] It is often defined specifically as an increased white blood cell count in cerebrospinal fluid. [2]
Lymphocytic pleocytosis is an abnormal increase in the amount of lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It is usually considered to be a sign of infection or inflammation within the nervous system , and is encountered in a number of neurological diseases , such as pseudomigraine, Susac's syndrome, and encephalitis.
Mollaret's meningitis is characterized by chronic, recurrent episodes of headache, stiff neck, meningismus, and fever; cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis with large "endothelial" cells, neutrophil granulocytes, and lymphocytes; and attacks separated by symptom-free periods of weeks to years; and spontaneous remission of symptoms and signs.
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Plasmacytosis is a condition in which there is an unusually large proportion of plasma cells in tissues, exudates, or blood. [1]: 743 Plasmacytosis may be divided into two types—cutaneous and systemic—both of which have identical skin findings.
Pinocytosis, also known as cell drinking, is the absorption of small aqueous particles along with the membrane receptors that recognize them.It is an example of fluid phase endocytosis and is usually a continuous process within the cell.
Magyar may refer to: Hungarians; Hungarian language; Magyar tribes, fundamental political units of Hungarians between the period of leaving the Ural Mountains and the ...