CASE REPORT article
Front. Med.
Sec. Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy
Mollaret Meningitis: A Case Report and literature Review
Provisionally accepted
- Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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Mollaret meningitis is a rare benign recurrent aseptic meningitis that manifested as headache and abnormal cerebrospinal fluid. The symptoms are self-limiting, typically resolving within days without sequelae, and the prognosis is favorable. We report a typical case of a 43-year-old patient diagnosed with Mollaret meningitis. The patient's symptoms eased quickly, but post-symptom remission follow-up revealed that abnormal cerebral spinal fluid pressure and cell counts persisted for over one month. This suggests that there may be a long-term inflammatory response associated with Mollaret meningitis.
Keywords: Mollaret meningitis, benign recurrent lymphocytic meningitis, Herpes simplex virus-2, Inflammation, case report
Received: 08 Oct 2025; Accepted: 21 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Wang, Liu, Sun, Guo and Jiang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Hong Jiang, jh1991@sina.com
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