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leptomeningitis |
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leptomeningitis /lep·to·me·nin·gi·tis/ (-men?in-ji´tis) inflammation of the leptomeninges.
leptomeningitis inflammation of the leptomeninges. |
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Necropsies of the dead manatees revealed severe catarrhal rhinitis, pulmonary hemorrhage and edema, and nonsuppurative leptomeningitis, as well as possible chronic hemolytic anemia with multiorgan hemosiderosis and evidence of neurotoxicity. Samples from her brain tissue showed lymphocytic leptomeningitis with widespread perivascular cuffing by lymphocytes and plasma cells within the cortex and white matter (Figure 3). Pathologic findings are a hemorrhagic leptomeningitis with edema and inflammatory infiltrates (2,23). |
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