Meningeal carcinomatosis as the first manifestation of a transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-67

  Bruna Escuer, Jordi ^a,c   Rojas Marcos, Íñigo ^a   Martínez Yelamos, Sergio ^a   Català, Isabel ^a   Villader, Antonio ^a   Galán, Carmen ^b   Krupinski, Jurek ^a   Rubio, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bladder tumor; CSF cytology; Meningeal carcinomatosis; Seizures; Transitional cell carcinoma; Urine cytology

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTOSCOPY; DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINE CYTOLOGY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038545210     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023781604980     Document Type: Article

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