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* Parasites
 
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** Sarcoidosis
 
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[[Category:CNS infections]]

Revision as of 06:53, 13 August 2019

Differential Diagnosis

  • Parasites
    • Angiostrongylus cantonensis (neurologic angiostrongyliasis)
    • Baylisascaris procyonis (baylisascariasis; neural larva migrans)
    • Gnathostoma spinigerum (neurognathostomiasis)
    • Rare
      • Trichinellosis
      • Echinococcosis
      • Neurocysticercosis
      • Fascioliasis
      • Paragonimiasis
  • Other infections
    • Coccidioidomycosis
    • Visceral myiasis (CNS invasion by larvae of cattle botflies)
    • Rarely, viral, rickettsial, and bacterial infections
    • TB
    • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM)
  • Non-infectious causes
    • Hypereosinophilic syndrome
    • Hodgkin lymphoma
    • Other lymphoproliferative and malignant diseases
    • Medications
      • Ibuprofen
      • Ciprofloxacin
      • Septra
      • Intraventricular vancomycin or gentamicin
    • Post-contrast myelography
    • Sarcoidosis
    • Cerebral eosinophilic granuloma