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Postprocedural meningitis

Definition

Inflammation of the meninges due to a procedure. The syndrome is clinically characterised by headache, neck stiffness, fever and photophobia. Diagnosis may be aided by neuroimaging and spinal fluid analysis which may reveal a lymphocytic pleocytosis and raised protein.

Also indexed as

Post surgical meningitisPostprocedural meningitis

Nearby in Postprocedural disorders of the nervous system