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Metastatic meningeal carcinomatosis from lung cancer: Report of a rare case

Author(s) -

Liu Hui,

Liu Li,

Zhang Xiaochen,

Jin Song

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

thoracic cancer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 1759-7714

pISSN - 1759-7706

DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.13243

Subject(s) - medicine , meningeal carcinomatosis , infiltration (hvac) , lung cancer , pathology , lung , carcinosis , cancer , peritoneal carcinomatosis , cerebrospinal fluid , colorectal cancer , physics , thermodynamics

Meningeal carcinomatosis (MC) refers to the diffuse or multifocal spread or infiltration of malignant tumors in the pia mater. It is a special distribution type of metastatic tumors in the central nervous system and one of the important reasons of death caused by metastatic malignant tumors. Here, we report a rare case of metastatic meningeal carcinomatosis from the lung cancer.

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