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==Mollaret's meningitis== | ==Mollaret's meningitis== | ||
General | ===General=== | ||
*Rare aseptic meningitis. | *Rare aseptic meningitis. | ||
*Suspected to be caused by HSV1 and HSV2.<ref name=emed1169489>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1169489-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1169489-overview]</ref> | *Suspected to be caused by HSV1 and HSV2.<ref name=emed1169489>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1169489-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1169489-overview]</ref> | ||
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*Recurrent meningismus, headache, +/-fever.<ref name=emed1169489/> | *Recurrent meningismus, headache, +/-fever.<ref name=emed1169489/> | ||
===Cytology=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Mollaret cells - described as ''monocytoid cells''<ref name=Ref_APBR681/> (look like monocytes<ref>[http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?monocytoid+cell http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?monocytoid+cell]</ref> - but do not phagocytose), and ''large endothelial cells''.<ref name=emed1169489/> | *Mollaret cells - described as ''monocytoid cells''<ref name=Ref_APBR681/> (look like monocytes<ref>[http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?monocytoid+cell http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?monocytoid+cell]</ref> - but do not phagocytose), and ''large endothelial cells''.<ref name=emed1169489/> | ||
**Features - large cells with: abundant cytoplasm, footprint-shaped" nucleus. | **Features - large cells with: abundant cytoplasm, footprint-shaped" nucleus. | ||