Cytological Analysis of CSF As Cost Effective Tool in Early Cases of Meningitis
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 9
Abstract
CSF is a clear body fluid ,occupying between arachnoid and the piameter .It is formed in the ventricular choroid plexus CSF acts as a cushion that protects the brain from shocks and supports the venous sinuses (primarily the superior sagittal sinus, opening when CSF pressure exceeds venous pressure). It also plays an important role in the homeostasis and metabolism of the central nervous system. Meningitis is the main infectious central nervous system (CNS) syndrome. Viruses or bacteria can cause acute meningitis of infectious etiology. Meningitis is the most common infectious CNS syndrome, defined as an inflammation of the meninges. The clinical symptoms are fever, malaise, vomiting, and in some cases, petechial rashes. Signs of meningeal irritation include neck stiffness, Kernig's sign, (an inflection of the knee when the limb is placed at a certain degree of relative inflection to the trunk), and Brudzinski's sign, (an involuntary inflection of the limb following a head inflection). The present study is done to evaluatethe cytological finding of CSF, along with the clinical history to classify the various types of meningitis.Lumbar puncture was introducA great variety of neurological diseases require investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Lumbar puncture was introduced to prove the diagnosis or to rule out relevant differential diagnoses by Quinke&Wynter in 1891.
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AnshuJa maiyar, Shrivastava R. K
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