PEDIATRICS Vol. 46 No. 6 December 1970, pp. 942-945
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Meningitis Due to Mumps Virus in a Child with Acute Leukemia

Lothar M.T. Rupprecht 1 and J. Lawrence Naiman M.D.2

1 Department of Pediatrics, Temple University Health Sciences Center, 2600 N. Lawrence Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19133
2 St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 2600 N. Lawrence Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19133

An 8frac12-year-old boy with leukemia in remission developed a meningitis-like syndrome associated with increased mononuclear cell count in the cerebrospinal fluid. Examination of the stained CSF sediment showed these to be small lymphocytes rather than lymphoblasts, suggesting a diagnosis of viral meningitis rather than leukemic infiltration of the meninges. Serologic studies gave evidence of a recent mumps virus infection. Viral meningitis should not be overlooked in the differential diagnosis of meningeal reactions in children with leukemia.