Synaptic Cell Adhesion Molecules in Alzheimer’s Disease by Iryna Leshchyns’ka, Vladimir Sytnyk

“…Genetic studies and biochemical analysis of the human brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and sera from AD patients indicate that levels and function of synaptic cell adhesion molecules are affected in AD. …”
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Empedobacter brevis Meningitis in a Neonate: A Very Rare Case of Neonatal Meningitis and Literature Review by Deepak Sharma, Ankur Patel, Priyanka Soni, Pradeep Sharma, Basudev Gupta

“…The sepsis screen was positive and blood culture and cerebrospinal fluid showed growth of Empedobacter brevis that was resistant to multiple antibiotics. …”
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Meningoencephalitis by Cryptococcus. Case presentation by Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez, María Odeymi Urdanivia Cruz, Mavis Pórtela Sánchez

“…Some tests were performed, among them, microbiological study of cerebrospinal fluid and blood culture samples were taken , according to the standards established , were Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lesions in the Central Nervous System of a Dog with Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis by Linda G. Lang, John F. Griffin, Jonathan M. Levine, Edward B. Breitschwerdt

“…On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), there were multifocal, punctate, T2-hyperintense lesions in the brain and cervical spinal cord and intracranial leptomeningeal contrast enhancement. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed a predominantly mononuclear pleocytosis and mildly elevated protein. …”
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Uncommon Cause of Psychotic Behavior in a 9-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report by Willemina K. Van Putten, Said Hachimi-Idrissi, Anna Jansen, Viola Van Gorp, Luc Huyghens

“…Antibodies against NMDA receptor were detectable in the serum and in the cerebrospinal fluid. No teratoma or other tumour was detected. …”
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Long-Lasting Cranial Nerve III Palsy as a Presenting Feature of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy by Rossella Spataro, Vincenzo La Bella

“…The diagnostic workup included EMG/ENG which demonstrated reduced conduction velocity with bilateral and symmetrical sensory and motor involvement. Cerebrospinal fluid studies revealed a cytoalbuminologic dissociation. …”
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Biomarkers of Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Some Recent Progress, More Still to Be Explored by Ying Wang, Shuang Sun, Jie Zhu, Li Cui, Hong-Liang Zhang

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), the axonal subtype of which is mainly triggered by C. jejuni with ganglioside-mimicking lipooligosaccharides (LOS), is an immune-mediated disorder in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) accompanied by the disruption of the blood-nerve barrier (BNB) and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (B-CSF-B). Biomarkers of GBS have been extensively explored and some of them are proved to assist in the clinical diagnosis and in monitoring disease progression as well as in assessing the efficacy of immunotherapy. …”
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Synovial Cyst Mimicking an Intraspinal Sacral Mass by Jason Hoover, Stephen Pirris

“…Lumbar spine MRI revealed cystic mass with similar intensity to cerebrospinal fluid located on dorsolateral left side of the sacral spinal canal inferior to the S1 pedicle. …”
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Peripartum Isolated Cortical Vein Thrombosis in a Mother with Postdural Puncture Headache Treated with an Epidural Blood Patch by Etienne Laverse, Sarah Cader, Rajith de Silva, Sanjiv Chawda, Satish Kapoor, Olaleye Thompson

“…This was initially treated with analgesia, caffeine, and fluids for the presumed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. The woman was readmitted two days after her hospital discharge with generalised seizures. …”
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Retroperitoneal hemorrhage following spinal anesthesia: A case report by Haneen Hawsawi, Lamia ALjeraisy, Rothana Aljehani, Majed Alharbi

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lumbar spine revealed right peri-nephric and retroperitoneal subacute hematoma and no evidence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak or collection. Computed tomography (CT) angiography affirmed the diagnosis of large retroperitoneal hematoma extending to inferior vena cava, measuring about 5 × 15 × 16 cm in its maximum antero-posterior, transverse, and cranio-caudal diameters, respectively, corresponding to about 620 ml volume. …”
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Dandy-Walker Syndrome. Case Report and Literature Review by William Ernesto González Águila, Osiris Intento García, Nilda Beatriz Cortizo Martínez

“…It is mainly based on an abnormal development of the cerebrospinal fluid communication pathways. Genetic predisposition associated with malformations and chromosomal alterations has been suggested. …”
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Central Nervous System Lymphoma: The Great Mimicker—A Single-Institution Retrospective Study by Danielle A. Bazer, Ewa Zabrocka, Nicholas Koroneos, Agnieszka Kowalska

“…Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare, aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma contained in the brain and the spinal cord as well as the meninges, cranial nerves, eyes, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Due to its variable presentation and lack of associated B-symptoms, it is quite challenging to diagnose PCNSL, if there is not a high level of suspicion. …”
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A Recurrent Headache by Joe Dylewski

“…The opening pressure was not recorded, but there were 23x106/L polymorphonuclear cells and 308x106/L lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The CSF protein was elevated at 1.26 g/L (N¡Ü0.45), with a CSF glucose of 2.9 mmol/L compared with a serum value of 5.3 mmol/L. …”
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Purpura Fulminans Secondary to Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis by Erick F. Alvarez, Karen E. Olarte, Mayur S. Ramesh

“…Initial laboratory workup revealed DIC without obvious infectious trigger including unremarkable cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biochemical analysis. There was further progression of the skin ecchymosis and multiorgan damage consistent with PF. …”
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Salmonella enterica Serotype Arizonae Meningitis in a Neonate by Wubishet Lakew, Abayneh Girma, Elizabeth Triche

“…We report a 13-day-old female neonate with signs and symptoms of meningitis whose cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture showed Salmonella enterica serotype Arizonae that was sensitive to ceftriaxone. …”
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Ataxia, Ophthalmoplegia, and Areflexia: What Would You Think? by N. Karsan, P. Fletcher, I. Bodi, B. K. MacDonald

“…There are four further cases described in the literature with evidence of tumour invasion within the central nervous system (CNS) shown either in cerebrospinal fluid examination or on histology. There are further five cases described in which an association between cancer and a Miller Fisher phenotype has been shown. …”
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Aseptic Meningitis as an Immune-Related Adverse Event after Pembrolizumab by Gian Lima, Adriana Kahn, Shashank Sama, Jacqueline Savage

“…Subsequent workup with cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed elevated opening pressure, increased nucleated cells with 30% lymphocytes, elevated protein levels, and normal glucose levels. …”
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An Indian Case Study on Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy by Shabana Kareem, Reemy Sara Mathai

“…Elevated lactate levels were observed in both venous blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed diffuse leukoencephalopathy. …”
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Neurosyphilis Presenting as Asymptomatic Optic Perineuritis by Sarah E. Parker, John H. Pula

“…Brain MRI was unremarkable, and lumbar puncture revealed a normal opening pressure, with an elevated cerebrospinal fluid white cell count. Orbit MRI showed optic nerve sheath expansion and enhancement, consistent with optic perineuritis. …”
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Bing-Neel Syndrome Case Report: A Previously Undocumented IgG Variant with MRI, PET/CT, and PET/MRI Imaging by Daniel Halperin, Simon Hallam, Athar Haroon, Tom Butler, Samir Agrawal

“…We report the case of a 57-year-old male with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma of the IgG-subtype with neurological symptoms and the consequent finding of lymphoplasmacytoid cells in his cerebrospinal fluid as well as deposits on MRI and PET-CT imaging. …”
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