Meningitis
Investigators at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Have Published New Data on Meningitis
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 24th, 2012
2012 APR 24 -- A new study, "Recurrent Chemical Meningitis in Craniopharyngioma without Reduction in Size of Cyst: Case Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature," is now available. "Chemical meningitis is a rare phenomenon due to rupture of a craniopharyngioma cyst; it develops because of presence of cholesterol crystals in cyst fluid secreted by the squamous epithelium lining of the cyst. Spontaneous rupture of the cyst may present with or without meningitis, depending upon the cholesterol contents of cystic fluid of tumor," scientists in Lucknow, India report.
"A decrease in the size of cyst may or may not be noted. Here we report two cases of...
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