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case_images: Cerebrospinal fluid smear of our patient. Legend: Pappenheim (May-Grunwald-Giemsa) stain, magnification x 60. Black arrows indicate eosinophil granulocytes with mostly bilobed, occasionally trilobed nucleus and normal eosinophilic granulation
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case_images: PMC6466724_01_40794_2019_84_Fig2_HTML.jpg
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case_images: CSF, and the abnormally elevated absolute and relative eosinophil counts of 267/muL and 25% respectively, led to the diagnosis of EOM (Fig. 2). Considering the travel history, an empirical treatment with albendazole (400 mg, BD) and prednisolone (60 mg OD) was started to cover parasitic EOM.