Table 1 Median values and ranges of serum bilirubin levels, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, spectrophotometric and ferritin measurements
| Â | Intervertebral disc extrusion | Idiopathic epilepsy | Idiopathic epilepsy contaminated | Steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 39) | (n = 21) | (n = 21) | (n = 9) | |
Routine CSF analysis | ||||
 WBC / μl | * |  |  |  |
 median (range) | 8 (1–14) | 0.67 (0–5) |  | 47.67 (66–1680) |
TP (g/l) | * | Â | Â | Â |
 median (range) | 0.73 (0.14–8.55) | 0.12 (0.11–0.23) |  | 0.25 (0.15–0.8) |
 Pandy (number) | * |  |  |  |
 – | 2 | 17 |  | 5 |
 + | 3 | 4 |  | 4 |
 ++ |  |  |  |  |
 +++ | 1 |  |  |  |
Cytology (number) | ||||
 mononuclear | 2 |  |  | 1 |
 neutrophilic | 1 |  |  | 8 |
CSF spectrophotometry | ||||
 NOA (AU) | ** |  |  |  |
median (range) | 0.073 (0–3.585) | 0.002 (0–0.009) | 0.064 (0.003–1.505) | 0.004 (0–0.010) |
NBA (AU) | ** | Â | Â | Â |
 median (range) | 0.016 (0–0.373) | 0.001 (0–0.007) | 0.001 (0–0.011) | 0.002 (0.001–0.008) |
ELISA CSF Ferritin (ng/ml) | ||||
 median (range) | 41.28 (15.08–228.19) | 33.90 (13.58–64.00) | 36.73 (15.00–653.30) | 31.11 (17.84–125.14) |
Serum Bilirubin (μmol/l) | ||||
 median (range) | 2 (0.7–6) | 2 (0.7–6) |  | 2 (1–4.2) |
Classification of the result according to Cruickshank [27] Subarachnoidal hemorrhage: | ||||
 yes | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 no | 6 | 21 | 13 | 8 |
 not excluded | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |