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basilar meningitis

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basilar meningitis [′bas·ə·lər ‚men·ən′jīd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the meninges which affects chiefly the base of the brain, or in which exudate collects predominantly at the basal cisterns.


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Elevated CSF pressure without evidence of obstructive hydrocephalus, believed to result from basilar meningitis and impaired reabsorption of CSF across arachnoid villi, has recently been recognized as an important complication of cryptococcal meningitis (73).
 
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