Open AccessNeoplastic meningitis: A study from a Tertiary Care Hospital from coastal India
Author(s) -
Pooja K Suresh,
Jyoti R. Kini,
Sridevi Hanaganahalli Basavaiah,
Hema Kini,
Urmila N Khadilkar,
Shrijeet Chakraborti
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/joc.joc_167_17
Subject(s) - medicine , meningitis , pathology , malignancy , pleocytosis , cytology , csf pleocytosis , cerebrospinal fluid , leukemia , gastroenterology , surgery
Neoplastic involvement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) secondary to known or unknown primaries elsewhere is a poor prognostic factor and is equivalent to stage IV disease.