Response of Meningeal Carcinomatosis from Breast Cancer to Capecitabine Monotherapy: A Case Report
Case Reports in Oncology, 2013 A 62-year-old woman with breast cancer received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by breast-conserving surgery and sentinel node biopsy. During adjuvant endocrine therapy with aromatase inhibitor, she developed multiple bone metastases.
Yumi Tanaka +8 more
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Role of intrathecal chemotherapy in the management of meningeal carcinomatosis in patients with breast cancer [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo), 2023 Objective To evaluate whether intrathecal chemotherapy improves clinical outcomes in patients with meningeal carcinomatosis. Methods This retrospective cohort study included consecutive patients with breast cancer diagnosed with meningeal carcinomatosis.
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Meningeal carcinomatosis. Case report [PDF]
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, 2018 We present the case of a 66-year-old male patient, hypertensive, with diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma stage IV and malignant tumor of right orbit. The patient consulted for loss of consciousness and incoherent language.
Tomas Omar Zamora Bastidas +3 more
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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2011 Objective To explore the value of combination of immunofluorescence cytochemical staining (ICS) and laser-scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) in the diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis. Methods ICS and LSCM were used to detect the cellular distribution
Chunyang DOU +5 more
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss as the Prominent Symptom in Meningeal Carcinomatosis [PDF]
Current Oncology, 2021 Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) has been reported rarely in patients with meningeal carcinomatosis (MC). We summarized the clinical data of eight MC patients with SNHL and 35 patients reported from publications.
Xiaoqin Huang, Yu Jia, Lidong Jiao
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A Case of Meningeal Carcinomatosis Due to Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma That Developed Severe Visual Impairment with Papillary Swelling [PDF]
International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2020 Shimpei Sugaoka,1 Takayuki Kanda,1 Masataka Ito,2 Masaru Takeuchi1 1Department of Ophthalmology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa City, Saitama 359-8513, Japan; 2Department of Developmental Anatomy, National Defense Medical College ...
Sugaoka S, Kanda T, Ito M, Takeuchi M
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Metastatic non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with meningeal carcinomatosis: case report of an unexpected response [PDF]
BMC Cancer, 2017 Background Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is usually treated with local therapy including transurethral resection of the bladder tumor and intravesical therapy depending on the stage of the tumor.
Diego Teyssonneau +5 more
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Neuroborreliosis Mimicking Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis in a Patient With Breast Cancer
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2014 Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a serious complication of advanced cancer. Various clinical manifestations may present, such as headache, nausea, seizures, cranial neuropathies.
Stefanie Fischer MD +4 more
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Optic Neuritis as Isolated Manifestation of Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis: A Case Report and Systematic Review of Ocular Manifestations of Neoplastic Meningitis [PDF]
Neurology Research International, 2013 Introduction. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis occurs in about 5% of cancer patients. Ocular involvement is a common clinical manifestation and often the presenting clinical feature. Materials and Methods. We report the case of a 52-year old lady with optic
Silvia Lanfranconi +8 more
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Meningeal Carcinomatosis: A Metastasis from Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 Gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma is a malignant type of cancer, which can metastasize to multiple organs. However, there have not been many case reports in the literature pertaining the relationship of gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma and carcinomatous ...
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