Pearls & Oy-sters: chronic mumps meningoencephalitis with low CSF glucose and acute hydrocephalus in an adult

Ines Escalza-Cortina; Itxaso Azkune-Calle; Aida Rodriguez-Sainz; Marian Gomez-Beldarrain; Iñigo Vicente-Olabarría; Juan Carlos Garcia-Monco

doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000000081

Pearls & Oy-sters: chronic mumps meningoencephalitis with low CSF glucose and acute hydrocephalus in an adult

Neurology. 2014 Feb 4;82(5):e41-3. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000081.

Authors

Ines Escalza-Cortina¹, Itxaso Azkune-Calle, Aida Rodriguez-Sainz, Marian Gomez-Beldarrain, Iñigo Vicente-Olabarría, Juan Carlos Garcia-Monco

Affiliation

¹ From the Service of Neurology (I.E.-C., I.A.-C., A.R.-S., M.G.-B., J.C.G.-M.) and OSATEK-Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit (I.V.-O.), Hospital de Galdakao-Usansolo, Galdakao, Vizcaya, Spain.

PMID: 24491977
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000081

Abstract

Chronic lymphocytic meningoencephalitis with low glucose and increased adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels in the CSF together with hydrocephalus represents a diagnostic challenge of varied etiology and only seldom is due to a viral (mumps) infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Blood Glucose / metabolism*
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Hydrocephalus / blood*
Hydrocephalus / complications
Hydrocephalus / diagnosis
Meningitis, Viral / blood*
Meningitis, Viral / complications
Meningitis, Viral / diagnosis
Meningoencephalitis / blood*
Meningoencephalitis / complications
Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis
Middle Aged
Mumps / blood*
Mumps / complications
Mumps / diagnosis

Substances

Blood Glucose