Pediatric Meningosarcoma: Clinical Evolution and Genetic Instability [PDF]
, 2005 This report presents a female diagnosed with a frontoparietal interhemispheric meningosarcoma who, parallel to the clinical worsening, revealed an increase in the genetic instability (in bleomycin cultures) and the complexity of the ...
Calasanz-Abinzano, M.J. (Maria Jose) +4 more
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Role of Intrathecal Rituximab and Trastuzumab in the Management of Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To review evidence for the use of intrathecal rituximab and trastuzumab in the management of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. DATA SOURCES: A search of MEDLINE (1966-July 2010) and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1970-July 2010) was ...
Perissinotti, Anthony J. +1 more
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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis as the primary presentation of relapse in breast cancer [PDF]
, 2016 Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is an uncommon presentation of relapse in breast cancer, which is associated with poor clinical outcomes and poor prognosis. Notably, LM most commonly occurs in breast cancer.
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Radiology Case Reports, 2018 Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNETs) are typically benign World Health Organization (WHO) grade I tumors of the cortical or deep gray matter with a favorable prognosis.
Amy Farkas, MD +4 more
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Role of savolitinib in advanced gastric adenocarcinoma with meningeal carcinomatosis and cerebellar metastasis: A case report. [PDF]
World J Clin CasesWeng ZY, Huang WY, Shi BK, Pan JJ.
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Leptomeningitis in a person with radiologically isolated syndrome and latent tuberculosis. A case report with implications for clinical research [PDF]
, 2018 A 39-year-old man, followed with serial MRI of CNS for a radiologically isolate syndrome (RIS, a recently described condition considered a subclinical form of MS), was hospitalized for the occurrence of a leptomeningitis. Routine blood tests and contrast
Bozzao, Alessandro +8 more
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Hypoglycorrhachia in meningeal carcinomatosis [PDF]
Cancer, 1966 A case of malignant melanoma with diffuse meningeal carcinomatosis and hypoglycorrhachia is presented. The combination of low spinal fluid glucose and bizarre or unexplained neurologic signs should bring to mind meningeal carcinomatosis. In the presence of known malignant disease and fever hypoglycorrhachia should stimulate a diligent search of the ...
V T, De Vita, G P, Canellos
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The Pan-American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Optic perineuritis (OPN) is a rare inflammatory disease involving the optic nerve sheath. Most cases are idiopathic, but associations with a variety of infectious and inflammatory conditions have been described. Patients with suspected OPN should also be
Joana Roque +3 more
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Emerging treatment options for the management of brain metastases in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. [PDF]
, 2013 The widespread use of trastuzumab in the past decade has led to a significant and measureable improvement in the survival of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) overexpressing breast cancer, and in many ways has redefined the ...
Chien, A Jo, Rugo, Hope S
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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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