CELL TYPES AND CAUSES OF CSF PLEOCYTOSIS

Question 1

Predominant cell type that causes Normal, Viral meningitis, tubercular meningitis, fungal meningitis, Multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Lymphoma

Answer 1

Lymphocytes

Question 2

Predominant cell type that causes Normal, Viral meningitis,
tubercular meningitis, fungal meningitis, Multiple sclerosis, tumors

Answer 2

Monocytes

Question 3

Predominant cell type that causes Bacterial meningitis, Cerebral
hemorrhage, Amebic encephalomyelitis, Cerebral
abscess, Repeated lumbar
puncture

Answer 3

Neutrophils

Question 4

Predominant cell type that causes Tubercular meningitis, fungal meningitis, In response to RBCs and Lipids in spinal fluid, radiographic Contrast media, Brain irradiation

Answer 4

Macrophages

Question 5

Predominant cell type that causes Acute leukemia, lymphoma Metastatic carcinomas

Answer 5

Blasts

Question 6

Predominant cell type that causes Fusing of cell walls and nuclear irregularities and hyperchromatic nucleoli are seen in clusters of malignant cells

Answer 6

Malignant cells

Question 7

Predominant cell type that causes non- pathologically significant cells

Answer 7

Ependymal, choroidal, and spindle shaped cells

Question 8

Predominant cell type that causes Multiple sclerosis, Lymphocyte reactions

Answer 8

Plasma cells