Basophilic meningitis secondary to lymphoma
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 26 (9) , 899
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.26.9.899
Abstract
In this case report of basophilic meningitis, the patient was a 5-year-old girl under treatment for a diffuse lymphocytic lymphoma. She presented with headache and bilateral papilledema. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed 60 percent basophils. Subsequent specimens showed a rare blast. It is postulated that after the lymphoma cells had spread to the meninges, a cell-mediated immune reaction was initiated with the appearance of basophils in the exudate.Keywords
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