Aggressive treatment with complete remission in primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis. A case report

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-167

  Beauchesne, P ^a,c   Pialat, J ^b   Duthel, R ^a   Barrai, F G ^a   Clavreul, G ^a   Schmitt, T ^a   Laurent, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b Laboratoire d' Anatomie Pathologique   (France)

^c SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Chemotherapy; Meningeal neoplasms; Primary gliomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; METHOTREXATE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0031907405     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005888319228     Document Type: Article

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