Rapidly developing leptomeningeal carcinomatosis following anterior skull base surgery: A case report

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-567

  Vellin, Jean François ^a   Achim, Viorel ^a   Sinardet, Denis ^a   Gabrillargues, Jean ^a   Mom, Thierry ^a   Gilain, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Ethmoid adenocarcinoma; Lumbar puncture; MRI; Neoplasic meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ETHMOID BONE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEPTOMENINX CARCINOMATOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PTOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKULL SURGERY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHMOID SINUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM SEEDING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35349008431     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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