Waxaa sidoo kale keeni kara xaalado dhowr ah oo caabuq ah, sida sarcoidosis (oo markaa loo yaqaan neurosarcoidosis), cudurrada unugyada isku xidhka sida lupus erythematosus, iyo noocyada qaarkood ee vasculitis (xaalado caabuq oo ku dhaca derbiga xididdada dhiigga), sida cudurka Behçet.
sababtoo ah sababo badan oo aan faafa ahayn: faafitaanka kansarka ee meninges (xanuun daran ama meningitis neoplastic) iyo daawooyinka qaarkood (inta badan daawooyinka anti- inflammatory ee aan steroid ahayn, antibiyootiko iyo immunoglobulins-ka xididka