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Malignant transformation and subsequent leptomeningeal carcinomatosis of a gastric polyp in a dog

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Progressive carcinogenesis of a gastric polyp with transformation to gastric adenocarcinoma and subsequent development of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is described in an adult male Scottish terrier.
Dillon S. Didehvar, Matthew R. Lanza, Matthew J. Atherton, Jennifer A. Lenz   +3 more
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Ventriculovesical Shunting in a Patient with Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis: An Alternative to VP Shunts. A Technique Report

Brazilian Neurosurgery
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) is a rare but serious complication when cancer cells infiltrate the meninges. It is most commonly associated with breast cancer, but only 5% of breast cancer patients develop it.
Luiz Henrique Vargas de Andrade, João Pedro Motter de Carvalho, Arthur Garani Narciso, Alexandre Rossato Félix, Alisson Fucio, Leonardo Christiaan Welling, Nicolas N. Rabelo, Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo   +7 more
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Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis From Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in a Young Patient: A Case Report and a Literature Review [PDF]

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2019
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, leptomeningeal meningitis, or, as referred here, leptomeningeal metastasis (LM), is a rare but frequently fatal complication seen in advanced stage of cancer either locally advanced or after a metastasis of a known primary ...
Leila Moosavi MD, Carlos D’Assumpcao MD, Jonathan Bowen BSc, Arash Heidari MD, Everardo Cobos MD   +4 more
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Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis: A Rare Complication of Metastatic Gastric Cancer [PDF]

, 2023
Leptomeningeal disease, also known as leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, occurs when cancer metastasizes to the meninges. This rare complication is associated with a poor prognosis.
Bhardwaj, Sharonlin, Wu, Phillis, Lai, Steven Y, Phillis Wu, Sharonlin Bhardwaj, Steven Y Lai   +5 more
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Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 2020
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a devastating consequence of late-stage cancer, and despite multimodal treatment, remains rapidly fatal. Definitive diagnosis requires identification of malignant cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), or frank disease on MRI.
null Fernando Torres, MD, null Joseph H. Kang, MD, null Raffi Ourfalian, DO   +2 more
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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

Cancer Treatment Reviews, 1999
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis occurs in approximately 5% of patients with cancer. This disorder is being diagnosed with increasing frequency as patients live longer and as neuro-imaging studies improve. The most common cancers to involve the leptomeninges are breast cancer, lung cancer, and melanomas.
S A, Grossman, M J, Krabak
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An Uncommon Presentation of Leptomeningeal Metastases in Breast Carcinoma Detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT

World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2022
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a manifestation in which tumor cells migrate into meninges. Breast carcinoma presenting with leptomeningeal metastases is a rare phenomenon that can occur in an isolated form as well as with coexistent parenchymal brain ...
Gavini Surya, Nimmagadda Ajit, Rallapeta Ramya Priya, Dhamarcherla S. Hemalatha, Bodagala Vijayalakshmi Devi, Tekchand Kalawat   +5 more
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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma treated with whole brain radiation therapy and intrathecal chemotherapy [PDF]

, 2021
Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) and Sinapse 2021.Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a rare complication of several types of cancer.
Mohanlal, Urmik, Salgado, Duarte, Urmik Mohanla   +2 more
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Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis of Metastatic Primary Prostate Cancer [PDF]

, 2021
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) is an uncommon complication of cancer in which the disease metastasizes to the meninges; it is estimated that this occurs in 5% of cancer patients and is most often terminal.
Megha Shalavadi, Krishna Reddy, Phillip Saunders, Humera Syeda, Daniel Stenberg   +4 more
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Case report: The treatment for olfactory neuroblastoma combined with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis via an ommaya reservoir

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
Olfactory neuroblastoma is a rare neoplasm that usually presents in the upper nasal cavity. Although its prognosis is highly unfavorable, effective treatment options are still lacking.
Yichen Peng, Xun Kang, Bo Jiang, Feng Chen, Shoubo Yang, Zhuang Kang, Ce Wang, Yi Lin, Shenglan Li, Jiefei Han, Botao Zhang, Weichunbai Zhang, Wenbin Li   +12 more
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