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Vernix Caseo Granulomatous Meningitis (Vernicomyelia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Rajiv Midha  and
Laurence E. Becker
Rajiv Midha
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, the University of Toronto, and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Laurence E. Becker*
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, the University of Toronto, and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
*
Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
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Abstract:

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An apneic and tetraplegic infant with an open lumbosacral myelomeningocele and an Arnold-Chiari malformation is reviewed. An exuberant chronic aseptic meningitis with foreign body giant cells and immunoreactive keratin was present around the spinal cord and brainstem. This paper discusses the recognition and role of granulomatous meningitis in the clinical course and in the pathogenesis of the unusual cerebellar abnormalities found in this infant.

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Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 63 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1991

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