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Novel Therapeutic Approaches in Neoplastic Meningitis. [PDF]
Cancers (Basel), 2022 Central nervous system (CNS) metastasis from systemic cancers can involve the brain parenchyma, leptomeninges, or the dura. Neoplastic meningitis (NM), also known by different terms, including leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and carcinomatous meningitis, occurs due to solid tumors and hematologic malignancies and is associated with a poor prognosis.
Khosla AA +5 more
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Management of neoplastic meningitis [PDF]
Chinese clinical oncology, 2015 Leptomeningeal dissemination of tumor cells, also referred to as neoplastic meningitis, is most frequently seen in patients with late-stage cancer and mostly associated with a poor prognosis. Basically, neoplastic meningitis may affect all patients with a malignant tumor but is most common in patients affected by lung cancer, breast carcinoma, melanoma
Roth, P, Weller, M
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Neoplastic Meningitis From Solid Tumors: New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches [PDF]
Oncologist, 2011 Neoplastic meningitis is a result of the spread of malignant cells to the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space and their dissemination within the cerebrospinal fluid.
Diego Cecchin +2 more
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Neoplastic meningitis. Review of a clinical series
Neurología (English Edition), 2011 Introduction: The increase in the ageing population in the last decades has led to an increased frequency of cancer-associated complications. Among these, neurological disorders stand out, as they appear in 10–30% of patients with systemic neoplasia ...
A. Jiménez Mateos +5 more
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Meningitis neoplásica. Revisión de una serie hospitalaria
Neurología, 2011 Resumen: Introducción: El progresivo envejecimiento de la población en las últimas décadas ha provocado un aumento en la frecuencia de aparición de las muchas complicaciones que se asocian al cáncer.
A. Jiménez Mateos +5 more
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Metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma to the cerebrospinal fluid: A report of three cases
Journal of Cytology, 2008 Neoplastic meningitis is seen in five to ten percent of patients with solid tumors and is characterized by multifocal neurological signs and symptoms. The diagnosis is established by imaging, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology, and radioisotope CSF flow ...
Kotwal Sumedha +2 more
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BMC Neurology, 2022 Background Meningitis is known as a meningeal inflammation accompanied by pleocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and can be classified into acute, subacute, and chronic meningitis based on symptoms duration of ≤ 5 days, ≥ 5 days and ≥ 4 weeks ...
Niloufar Bineshfar +12 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 Metastasis of ovarian carcinoma to the central nervous system occurs in <2% of cases and classically localizes within the brain parenchyma. Moreover, leptomeningeal spread of these tumors is an exceedingly rare phenomenon.
Brittany M. Stopa +14 more
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Zanubrutinib-induced aseptic meningitis: a case report and literature review
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 Zanubrutinib is a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor used in B cell malignancy treatment and is generally well tolerated in most patients. Zanubrutinib-induced aseptic meningitis is currently not reported.
Jinjun Yang +4 more
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Tuberculous meningitis: new tools and new approaches required [version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed] [PDF]
, 2019 Tuberculous meningitis is the most severe form of tuberculosis and causes widespread mortality and morbidity. Understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis is incomplete, and the optimal diagnosis and treatment are poorly defined.
Thwaites, Guy +7 more
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