lymphocytes in CSF

Introduction

Also see CSF cell count

Reference interval

• 0-5 cells/uL (0-30 cells/uL neonates)
  • lymphocytes 62% +/- 34%

Clinical significance

• 10-500/mm3 with predominance of lymphocytes in tuberculous meningitis or fungal meningitis
• > 6 lymphocytes/mm3 in viral meningitis
• 10-500/mm3 with predominance of lymphocytes in meningeal carcinomatosis
• 0-20 lymphocytes/mm3 in multiple sclerosis
• < 5 mononuclear cells/mm3 (normal pattern) in Guillain-Barre & pseudotumor cerebri

Increases

• tuberculous meningitis
• fungal meningitis
• viral meningitis
• meningeal carcinomatosis

More general terms

• leukocytes in CSF
• lymphocytes in body fluid

More specific terms

• Leukocytes variant in CSF

Additional terms

• cerebrospinal fluid
• lymphocyte

Component of

• CSF cell count