Abstract
Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine is the official journal of the Kandy Society of Medicine. It is a peer-reviewed journal currently published biannually. Original articles, reviews, brief reports, case reports, points of view, and letters to the editor, in all fields of medical science and practice are accepted for publication.The Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine is now indexed in DOAJ
Highlights
Eosinophilic meningitis (EM) is a rare form of meningitis caused by parasitic infestations, Hypereosinophilic syndrome and neoplasms.Case Presentation: We present two EM cases with no clear evidence of parasitic infestation or malignancy, who responded well to steroid treatment
Even though the diagnosis of EM was made we could not find an exact aetiology. Both patients showed a remarkable improvement with our management and no deterioration was observed during the follow-up
The definitive host of the Angiostronglysis is rats, whereas land snails and slugs act as the intermediate host
Summary
Even though the diagnosis of EM was made we could not find an exact aetiology.
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