Adenocarcinoma lung presenting with meningeal carcinomatosis

Adenocarcinoma lung presenting with meningeal carcinomatosis

Meningeal infiltration by malignant metastasis process without brain parenchymal involvement is very unusual event in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. This manuscript describes a case of adenocarcinoma right lung in a 48-year old male having persistent headache. The cerebrospinal fluid cytology...

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Veröffentlicht in:Monaldi archives for chest disease 2021-11, Vol.92 (2)
Hauptverfasser: Dixit, Ramakant, Goyal, Mukesh, Nowal, Paras, Indushekhar, Varna
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Sprache:eng
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adenocarcinoma lung
headache
meningeal carcinomatosis
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Zusammenfassung:Meningeal infiltration by malignant metastasis process without brain parenchymal involvement is very unusual event in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. This manuscript describes a case of adenocarcinoma right lung in a 48-year old male having persistent headache. The cerebrospinal fluid cytology revealed the presence of metastatic deposits of adenocarcinoma lung that confirmed the diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis.
ISSN:1122-0643
2532-5264
DOI:10.4081/monaldi.2021.1427