Mollarets meningitis is a rare form of recurrent aseptic meningitis where a diagnostic feature is the characteristic cytologic picture in the cerebrospinal fluid. The article presents two cases that were clinically diagnosed as Mollarets meningitis. The cytologic picture of the cerebrospinal fluid is described and the major clinical aspects and the differential diagnoses are discussed briefly.
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