A case of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis effectively treated with intrathecal chemotherapy using ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 404-409

  Miura, Megumi ^a   Iijima, Naoko ^a   Hayashida, Kensuke ^a   Kitazawa, Kazuo ^b   Ishii, Keiko ^c   Ohara, Shinji ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization Matsumoto Medical Center Matsumoto Hospital   (Japan)

^b Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrathecal chemotherapy; Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis; Methotrexate; Papillary adenocarcinoma; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

5 CHLORO 2,4 DIHYDROXYPYRIDINE PLUS OXONATE POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEPTOMENINX CARCINOMATOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING AID;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; METHOTREXATE; OXONIC ACID; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TEGAFUR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33748931138     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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