Carcinomatous meningitis as the presenting manifestation of gallbladder carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Shen, Yue ^a   Blumenthal, Deborah T ^a   Digre, Kathleen ^a   Cessna, Melissa H ^a   Gopez, Evelyn V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinomatous meningitis; Gallbladder carcinoma; Leptomeningeal metastasis; Meningeal carcinomatosis and cranial neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; GADOLINIUM; METHOTREXATE; THIOTEPA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444301817     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000040822.12161.35     Document Type: Article

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