A case of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from esophageal basaloid carcinoma diagnosed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for carcinoembryonic antigen

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Okumura, Hiroshi ^a   Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Yokomakura, Naoya ^a   Mataki, Yuko ^a   Haraguchi, Yusei ^a   Sakita, Hironori ^a   Mihara, Yukio ^a   Matsumoto, Masataka ^a   Imamura, Shin Ichi ^a   Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^a   Ishigami, Sumiya ^a   Takao, Sonshin ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Esophageal cancer; Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; FLUOROURACIL; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONVULSION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEPTOMENINX; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 20444375860     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1498-3     Document Type: Article

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