[Eosinophilic meningomyelitis. Report of a case]

A 31 years old man who developed paraplegia due to a meningomyelitis is reported. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed 116 white cells with 57% eosinophils. On the 79th day the patient died from pulmonary embolism. On post mortem examination no eosinophilic infiltrations was found. However, a detailed histologic examination was not performed.