Cerebrospinal fluid: an important element of the additional examination.

摘要

Cerebrospinal fluid analysis is an important element of neurologic diagnostics, and is relatively safe for the patient. Evaluation of the fluid provides information about the pathology of nervous system, particularly useful are macroscopic and microscopic analyses. As part of a quantitative analysis, cell counts, protein density and infectious disease testing are the most important and potentially sensitive indicators of disease Despite describing pathological changes, microscopic evaluation rarely allows the diagnosis of a specific disease, therefore the received results should be interpreted to include data from the medical history, as well as from physical and neurological examinations.