CELL TYPES AND CAUSES OF CSF PLEOCYTOSIS

Question 1

Normal, Viral meningitis, tubercular meningitis, fungal meningitis, Multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Lymphoma

Answer 1

Lymphocytes

Question 2

Tubercular meningitis, fungal meningitis, In response to RBCs and Lipids in spinal fluid, radiographic Contrast media, Brain irradiation

Answer 2

Macrophages

Question 3

Normal, Viral meningitis, tubercular meningitis, fungal meningitis, Multiple sclerosis, tumors

Answer 3

Monocytes

Question 4

Bacterial meningitis, Cerebral hemorrhage, Amebic encephalomyelitis, Cerebral abscess, Repeated lumbar puncture

Answer 4

Neutrophils

Question 5

Multiple sclerosis, Lymphocyte reactions

Answer 5

Plasma cells

Question 6

They are non- pathologically significant cells

Answer 6

Ependymal, choroidal, and spindle shaped cells

Question 7

Acute leukemia, lymphoma

Answer 7

Blasts