Xanthochromic Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Xanthochromic and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Xanthochromic CSF may have which colors? | View Page |
| Table of Conditions The following table lists the various cell types and macroscopic descriptions of CSF, and the patient conditions that could cause those properties to be present in the patient's CSF: Predominant Cell Appearance Conditions lymphs variable; clear - turbid viral meningitis tubercular meningitis multiple sclerosis drug abuse lymphoma leukemia Guillain-Barré syndrome chronic alcoholism neutrophils variable; clear - turbid bacterial meningitis mycotic meningitis early tuberculosis hemorrhage cerebral abscess tumors monocytes variable chronic bacterial meningitis partial treatment of meningitis tumors macrophages clear - turbid or clear - xanthochromic bloody tuberculosis fungal meningitis following hemorrhage blood contamination eosinophils variable parasitic meningitis fungal meningitis allergic reaction medications shunts dyes tumor cells variable metastatic carcinoma blast cells variable leukemia lymphoma normal to increased lymphs clear - xanthochromic benign tumor spinal cord brain ependymal or orchoid cells (often clumped) variable; may be xanthochromic bloody trauma spinal tap Adapted from Saunders Manual of Clinical Laboratory Science. Craig A. Lehrmann, Ed. WB Saunders, 1998. | View Page |