CSF Cells

Question 1

Neutrophils

Granules may be less prominent

Answer 1

Bacterial meningitis, early stages of other types of meningitis,
Cerebral hemorrhage.

Question 2

Monocytes

Seen mixed with lymphocytes

Answer 2

Normal, viral, tubercular, fungal meningitis,

Multiple sclerosis.

Question 3

Macrophages

May contain phagocytized RBCs, hemosiderin granules, hematoidin crystals

Answer 3

RBCs n the CSF

Question 4

Blast forms

Myeloblasts, lymphoblasts, monoblasts

Answer 4

Acute leukemia

Question 5

Plasma cells

Traditional forms

Answer 5

Multiple sclerosis

Question 6

Ependymal, choroidal, spindle-shaped cell

Seen in clusters with distinct nuclei and cell walls

Answer 6

Diagnostic procedures

Question 7

Malignant cells

Seen in clusters with fusing nuclei and cell walls

Answer 7

Metastatic cancers, primary CNS carcinomas

Question 8

Lymphocytes

All developmental stages

Answer 8

Normal, viral, tubercular, fungal meningitis,

Multiple sclerosis