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Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Lorlatinib treatment should be positively considered even for patients with ALK‐positive NSCLC with severe neurocognitive disturbance and poor performance status due to CNS metastases, including leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Tomoyo Taketa, Takahito Nakamura
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Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports, 2023 Pancreatic cancer remains an inauspicious malignancy with poor long-term outcomes. The majority of patients present with advanced disease; many suffer from consequences of local progression of disease, and survival rates remain unacceptably poor. Central
Dylan D. Walker +4 more
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Meningeal carcinomatosis secondary to neurenteric cysts with malignant transformation: a case report
BMC Neurology, 2022 Background Meningeal carcinomatosis is mainly associated with breast cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma. However, meningeal carcinomatosis secondary to a neurenteric cyst with malignant features is extremely rare. Case presentation We report the case of a
Min Chu +6 more
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Bilateral Facial Nerve Paralysis as First Presentation of Lung Cancer
Case Reports in Oncology, 2016 Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is rare, and its precise incidence is unknown. It is associated with a wide spectrum of solid and hematological malignancies.
Shadi Hamouri, Duha Al Shorafat
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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis or ischemic cerebrovascular disease?
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 A lung cancer patient suspected to have leptomeningeal carcinomatosis was referred for radiation. A careful evaluation of the MRI by a neuroradiologist revealed multiple brain infarcts. Multidisciplinary meetings are important for patient's case.
Ayelet Eran, Orit Kaidar‐Person
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A Rare Case of Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis Secondary to Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
, 2022 Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a rare complication of metastatic systemic malignancy, with lung cancer being the most common cause. We present a case of a 75-year-old man with a past medical history of right non-small cell lung carcinoma and ischemic ...
Munankami, Salina +7 more
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, 2017 Background: Elevated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was associated with poor prognosis in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and anti-angiogenic therapy was found to prolong the survival of mice in preclinical studies.
Wu, Pei-Fang;Lin, Ching-Hung;Kuo, Ching-Hua;Chen, Wei-Wu;Yeh, Dah-Cherng;Liao, Hsiao-Wei;Huang, Shu-Min;Cheng, Ann-Lii;Lu, Yen-Shen +1 more
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Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2016 There has been recent increase in incidence of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, possibly due to widespread use of adjuvant trastuzumab and its known poor CNS penetration.
Seema Gulia, Sudeep Gupta, Ashish Singh
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Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis Mimicking Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Transverse Sinus Stenosis [PDF]
Journal of Neurocritical Care, 2014 Background: The most common form of pseudotumor cerebri occurs in obese young women in whom it can be caused by transverse sinus stenosis. Such cases used to be called idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). However, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis can
Hyung Geun Oh
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Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis Originated from Breast Cancer [PDF]
Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2015 Malignant melanoma, breast cancer and lung cancer are the most causative malignancies of leptomeningeal carsinomatosis (LC). A LC case that was previously diagnosed as tuberculosis meningitis, is presented here to emphasize the importance of maintaining ...
Seniha Şenbayrak +4 more
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