Cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and sterile shunt malfunction.
Neurosurgery
; 23(5): 645-9, 1988 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-3200398
ABSTRACT
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) eosinophilia is a rare finding most often associated with central nervous system inflammatory processes, including parasitic, bacterial, and mycotic infections. It has also been seen as an allergic phenomenon. We present two cases of CSF eosinophilia occurring concurrently with sterile shunt malfunction. We speculate that CSF eosinophilia in our patients might have resulted from an allergic response to a foreign material such as suture, surgical glove powder, hair, cotton fibers, antibiotics, or silicone rubber. The incidence of sterile CSF eosinophilia after shunting is not known. Information concerning the role of eosinophilia in the development of shunt malfunctions is also lacking. An increased awareness of this possibility and further investigation are warranted.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Derivação Peritoneovenosa
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Meningomielocele
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Eosinofilia
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Hidrocefalia
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurosurgery
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Article