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Gac. méd. Méx
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138(5): 477-481, sep.-oct. 2002.
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Chronic meningitis is a frequent disease; it constitutes a real diagnostic challenge because of different etiologic possibilities, the most important being infectious, chemical, inflammatory, tumoral, autoimmune and of unknown origin. Chronic meningitis, as a rule, needs the use of a wide and expensive battery of studies, but frequently despite all this, it is not possible to make a diagnosis. Biopsies of meninges and brain play a key role in the study of this type of patients. We present five cases of chronic meningitis; some important considerations are made in relation to diagnosis and therapeutic management.