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 cytolog...

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Autores principales: Ramakant Dixit, Mukesh Goyal, Paras Nowal, Varna Indushekhar
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Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/0fad1aa49f4740c39ab3563b2f7d37fa
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Sumario: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.