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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.
Absence of well-characterized autoantibodies in blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid, and at least two of the following criteria: Magnetic resonance imaging suggestive of encephalitis; CSF pleocytosis, oligoclonal bands or elevated cerebrospinal fluid IgG index, or both; Brain biopsy showing inflammatory infiltrates and excluding other disorders
Chronic meningitis is defined by signs and symptoms being present longer than four weeks and includes pleocytosis, or the presence of inflammatory cells in the cerebrospinal fluid. [2] The initial test is usually a lumbar puncture to collect cerebrospinal fluid for analysis.
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]
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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