PREDOMINANT CELLS SEEN IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID Flashcards
Normal Viral, tubercular and fungal meningitis
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Multiple sclerosis
Lymphocytes
All stages of development may be found
Lymphocytes
Bacterial meningitis
Neutrophils
Early cases of viral, tubercular, fungal meningitis
Neutrophils
Cerebral hemorrhage
Neutrophils
Granules may be less prominent than in blood
Neutrophils
Cells disintegrate rapidly
Neutrophils
Found mixed with lymphocytes
Monocytes
RBCs in spinal fluid
Macrophages
Contrast media
Macrophages
May contain phagocytized RBCs appearing as empty vacuoles or ghost cells, hemosiderin granules and hematoidin crystals
Macrophages
Acute leukemia
Blast forms
Lymphoblasts, myeloblasts or monoblasts
Blast forms
Disseminated lymphomas
Lymphoma cells