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Case Reports
. 2006 Sep;73(9):835-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF02790397.

Acute cysticercal meningitis--missed diagnosis

Devendra Mishra  1 , Suvasini Sharma, Sanjeev Gupta, Manoja Das, Dinesh Chauhan
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Case Reports

Acute cysticercal meningitis--missed diagnosis

Devendra Mishra et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2006 Sep.

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.

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