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Meningeal carcinomatosis 21 years following bronchiolo‐alveolar carcinoma: Diagnosis by cisternal csf examination
Author(s) -
Branch Coslett H.,
Teja Kuldeep,
Sutula Thomas P.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19820101)49:1<173::aid-cncr2820490135>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - medicine , meningeal carcinomatosis , leptomeninges , carcinosis , cerebrospinal fluid , pathology , lumbar puncture , carcinoma , metastatic carcinoma , meninges , cancer , peritoneal carcinomatosis , central nervous system , colorectal cancer
An unusual case is described of pure meningeal carcinomatosis in the absence of other evidence of tumor occurring 21 years after lobectomy for a localized bronchiolo‐alveolar carcinoma. The metastatic disease was confined to the leptomeninges and was documented only by a cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination. Four previous lumbar punctures had shown hypoglycorrachia as the only CSF abnormality.