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Differential diagnoses
| Infectious meningitis | |
|---|---|
| Chemical meningitis/arachnoiditis (secondary to intrathecal chemotherapy) | |
| Multiple brain metastases | |
| Paraneoplastic syndrome | Limbic encephalitis |
| Encephalomyelitis | |
| Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration | |
| Intracranial hypotension (post lumbar puncture) | |
| Toxic metabolic encephalopathy | |
| Metabolic or chemotherapy-induced neuropathy | |
| Steroid myopathy | |
| Cord compression | |
