Table 1

List of clinical categories for which albuminocytological dissociation or cerebrospinal fluid total protein elevation has been described

Clinical categoriesReferences
Following intrathecal chemotherapy* 14
Following subarachnoid haemorrhage 15
Infectious/non-infectious encephalitis 16 17
Infectious/non-infectious meningitis 18–20
Intra-axial/extra-axial tumours 21–23
Inflammatory polyneuropathy 9 24
Non-inflammatory polyneuropathy 25
Hydrocephalus before/after shunt placement 26 27
Angiitis of the central nervous system 28
Inflammatory white matter disease 29–31
Cerebral venous sinus occlusion 32
Optic nerve disease 33
Optic neuritis 34
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome 35
Structural spinal disorders 36 37
Nervous system toxin exposure 38
Dementia 39
Seizure 40
Stroke (haemorrhagic/ischaemic) 41
  • *The underlying condition for which intrathecal chemotherapy was provided in the cited report was related to the central nervous system involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus as opposed to predominantly the treatment of a haematological malignancy in the context of our report.