# Headaches and lymphocytic pleocytosis after COVID-19 require the exclusion of encephalitis

**Authors:** Josef Finsterer

PMC · DOI: 10.1186/s42466-026-00461-z · Neurological Research and Practice · 2026-02-03

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** CSF2 (colony stimulating factor 2) [NCBI Gene 1437] {aka CSF, GMCSF}
- **Diseases:** axonal neuropathy (MESH:D020269), cardioembolic (MESH:D000083262), viral encephalitis (MESH:D018792), Lymphoma (MESH:D008223), encephalitis (MESH:D004660), atrio-coronary embolism (MESH:D004617), malignancy (MESH:D009369), lymphocytic (MESH:D007945), atrial thrombus (MESH:D013927), GBS (MESH:D020275), bacterial (MESH:D001424), autoimmune encephalitis (MESH:D020274), lymphocytic pleocytosis (MESH:D007964), stroke (MESH:D020521), myocardial infarction (MESH:D009203), tetraparesis (MESH:C565722), lymph node swelling (MESH:D000072717), trauma (MESH:D014947), weight loss (MESH:D015431), atrial fibrillation (MESH:D001281), COVID-19 (MESH:D000086382), dizziness (MESH:D004244), Headaches (MESH:D006261)
- **Chemicals:** Methylprednisolone (MESH:D008775)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (no rank) [taxon 2697049]

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