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Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis: An autopsy case report

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2014
Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis (PDLG) is a rare condition, characterized by infiltration of the meninges by glial cells without evidence of the primary tumor in the brain or spinal cord parenchyma.
Shaik Afshan Jabeen, Arikapadu Haritha Chowdary, Rukmini Mridula Kandadai, Megha S. Uppin, Angamattu Kanikannan Meena, Rupam Borgohain, Challa Sundaram   +6 more
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Neoplastic meningitis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia scheduled for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Haematologica, 2010
We analyzed the frequency of neoplastic meningitis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia prior to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at our institution.
Martin Bommer, Stephanie von Harsdorf, Hartmut Döhner, Donald Bunjes, Mark Ringhoffer   +4 more
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EGYPTIAN EOSINOPHILIC AND INFECTIOUS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS AND THEIR IMPACT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2016
Meningoencephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord & their covering protective membranes. Meningitis can be life-threatening because of the inflammation's proximity to the brain and spinal cord; therefore, the condition is ...
AYMAN MORSY, MOHAMMAD EL FEKY, MAMDOUH EL-BAHNASAWY, TOSSON MORSY, MOUSA ISMAIL   +4 more
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Neurosyphilis, A true chameleon of neurology

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2021
Background: Neurosyphilis (NS) is a rarely encountered scenario today. Manifestations are heterogeneous, and their characteristics have changed in the antibiotic era.
Shripad S Pujari, Rahul V Kulkarni, Dhananjay Duberkar, Satish Nirhale, Dattatraya Nadgir, Pramod Dhonde, Tejas Sakale, Prafulla Shembalkar, Chandrashekhar Meshram   +8 more
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Pathogenesis and predisposing factors in drug-induced aseptic meningitis: A case study

New Zealand Medical Student Journal, 2022
Aseptic meningitis is the inflammation of the meningeal membranes in the absence of an identifiable pathogen. While viruses are the most common culprit, bacteria, fungi, rheumatological conditions, and neoplastic processes are also known causes.
Avroneel Ghosh
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Intra‐CSF topotecan in treatment of breast cancer patients with leptomeningeal metastases

Cancer Medicine, 2020
Background There are few treatment options for patients with leptomeningeal metastases (LM). Methods We report a case series of patients with breast cancer and LM treated with intra‐CSF topotecan (TOPO).
Kurt A. Jaeckle, Jesse G. Dixon, Stephen Keith Anderson, Alvaro Moreno‐Aspitia, Gerardo Colon‐Otero, Kathy Hebenstreit, Tejal A. Patel, Samarth L. Reddy, Edith A. Perez   +8 more
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Cerebrospinal fluid approach on neuro-oncology

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013
Central nervous system (CNS) involvement is a major complication of haematological and solid tumors with an incidence that ranges from 10% in solid malignances up to 25% in specific leukaemia or lymphoma subtypes.
Helio Rodrigues Gomes
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Pyogenic brain abscess, ventriculitis and diffuse meningitis with fatal outcome in an adult: Radiologic–pathologic correlation☆,#

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
Rupture of brain abscesses with evolution into ventriculitis with meningitis may result in sudden and dramatic worsening of the clinical situation. We present a 57-year-old man with such an event and fatal outcome.
Abdelkader Mahammedi, Suha Bachir, Jenna Purdy, Mykol Larvie, Mark Buehler   +4 more
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Peripheral facial palsy caused by neoplastic meningitis. [PDF]

, 2014
[Objectives/Hypothesis]To describe the clinical presentation of peripheral facial palsy caused by neoplastic meningitis. [Study Design]Retrospective case series.
Ito, Juichi, Sakamoto, Tatsunori, Hiraumi, Harukazu, Yamamoto, Norio   +3 more
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Neutrophil extracellular traps in central nervous system pathologies: A mini review

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Neutrophils are the first cells to be recruited to sites of acute inflammation and contribute to host defense through phagocytosis, degranulation and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).
Areez Shafqat, Ahmed Noor Eddin, Ghaith Adi, Mohammed Al-Rimawi, Saleha Abdul Rab, Mylia Abu-Shaar, Kareem Adi, Khaled Alkattan, Ahmed Yaqinuddin   +8 more
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