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A left occipital lobe hypodensity was noted, indicating a subacute stroke; analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed a high protein level of 0.56 g/L, 4 neutrophils, normal glucose and xanthochromia. Culture of the CSF did not yield any bacterial growth.

Life-threatening Listeria meningitis: Need for revision of South African acute bacterial meningitis treatment guidelines

Xanthochromia is a yellowish color change in the centrifuged CSF, which results from RBC hemolysis and is suggestive of, but not pathognomonic for, SAH.

Determining the Value of Cerebrospinal Fluid Lactate Dehydrogenase Level in Differentiating Subarachnoid Hemorrhage From Traumatic Lumbar Puncture

Lumbar puncture was performed and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis did not show any blood or xanthochromia. On his second hospital day, the patient developed an acute change in the mental status.

Pituitary Apoplexy Presenting as Ophthalmoplegia and Altered Level of Consciousness without Headache

SAH was diagnosed by computed tomographic (CT) scan or lumbar puncture that was positive for xanthochromia in suspected cases.

Epidemiological Features of Nontraumatic Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in China: A Nationwide Hospital-based Multicenter Study

gonorrhoeae DNA probe Nondetected Crypto-Ag serum Nonreactive Toxo-Ab IgG <3 Toxo-Ab IgM 0.04 TABLE 2 Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lab test Results Color Colorless Fluid appearance Clear Xanthochromia None VDRL Reactive VDRL titers 2 TU LDH 11 units/L Protein 21.7 mg/dL Glucose 68 mg/dL Lactic acid 1.4mmol/L RBCBF 0 WBCBF 4cells/mm3 PMN BF 100% Monocyte BF 0% Eosinophil BF 0% Basophil BF 0% Toxo-Ab IgG <3.0 Toxo-Ab IgM <3.0 CMV Ab IgG <0.20 VZV Ab IgG <10.0 VZV Ab IgM 0.80

The Great Impostor: Transaminitis Masking the Coinfection of Syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed the following: leucocytes 13/[mm.sup.3] with a lymphocytic predominance, erythrocytes 10/[mm.sup.3] without xanthochromia, normal protein and glucose, and negative Gram stain.

Anoxic Brain Injury Presenting as Pseudosubarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

A lumbar puncture was done and revealed: no xanthochromia, 912 red blood cells (RBCs), 3 white blood cells (WBCs) with no polymorphonuclear cells, 43 mg/dL protein, and 87 ng/dL glucose (serum glucose 200 mg/dL), cerebrospinal fluid gram stain and culture were negative.

Primary Angiitis of the Center Nervous System: A Clinical Challenge Diagnosed Postmortem

The results of the cerebral spinal fluid analysis were inconclusive; no malignant cells were found on cytology and there was no evidence of infection or xanthochromia.

Muscle invasive bladder cancer culminating with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

Of these cases, CSF xanthochromia was seen in 1case and in the remaining cases, CSF was normal.

Computed tomographic evaluation of epileptic children with emphasis on intracranial space occupying lesions [ICSOL]

If uncontrasted CT of the brain is negative, a lumbar puncture should be performed to establish the presence of xanthochromia, unless a contraindication to lumbar puncture is present.

Emergency presentation of neurosurgical conditions: many neurosurgical conditions present in an acute fashion, and optimal outcome often depends on prompt recognition and referral by general practitioners and emergency room personnel. The approach to neurosurgical emergencies is discussed in this article

Such dilation may also cause diapedesis of cells and proteins into the subarachnoid space, explaining the reticulocytes, xanthochromia, mononuclear pleocytosis and increased protein found in CSF from patients with SIH or ICH.17

Pathophysiology and management of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension - A Review

xanthochromia

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