Amyloid-β related angiitis presenting as eosinophilic meningitis: a case report

BMC Neurology

Table 1 Causes of Eosinophilic Meningitis^a

Infectious:	Noninfectious:
Parasitic	Autoimmune
Angiostrongyliasis	Neuromyelitis Optica^b
Baylisascariasis	Amyloid-β Related Angiitis (ABRA)^b
Gnathostomiasis	Sarcoidosis (rare)
Neurocysticercosis	Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (rare)
Paragonimiasis	Neoplastic
Schistosomiasis	Hodgkin’s Lymphoma^b
Toxocariasis	Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (rare)^b
Fungal	Leukemia^b
Coccidioidomycosis^b	Other tumors with meningeal spread^b
Cryptococcosis (rare)^b	Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Allergic Aspergillus Sinusitis (rare)^b	Chemical Meningitis
Other Infectious	Ventriculoperitoneal shunt^b
Rickettsia rickettsii (rare)^b	Myelography contrast^b
Rickettsia rickettsii (rare)^b	Medications (rare)^b – ibuprofen, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, vancomycin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim

^aOther possible causes (exceedingly rare or limited evidence): neurosyphilis, tuberculosis, coxsackie virus, lymphochoriomeningitis virus, visceral myiasis, trichinellosis, echinococcosis, fascioliasis, strongyloidiasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Behcet’s disease, illicit intravenous drug use
^bTypically lack peripheral blood eosinophilia

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