Neurológia pre prax 5/2012
Surprising laboratory findings in CSF
This report covers two casuistries, where the importance of cerebrospinal fluid examination is presented in wider frame of differential diagnostics. The first case report is concerned with a finding of malignant cells on qualitative cytological examination of CSF in a patient with a suspected primary lymphoma of CNS. The second case report describes a female patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, where detailed cerebrospinal fluid examination revealed a coincidence with neuroboreliosis.
Keywords: primary CNS lymphoma, cerebrospinal fluid, neuroborreliosis.
