Catalog

Meningitis due to rupture of tumour or cyst

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Meningitis due to rupture of tumour or cyst – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1813809707

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