A case of meningeal carcinomatosis with gastric cancer which manifested meningeal signs as the initial symptom; the palliative benefit of radiotherapy

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 216-220

  Yamada, Takeshi ^a,b   Furukawa, Kiyonori ^a,b   Yokoi, Kimiyoshi ^a,b   Ohaki, Yoshiharu ^b   Okada, Susumu ^b   Tajiri, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Meningeal carcinomatosis; MRI

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CANCER CELL; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FATIGUE; GASTROSCOPY; GENERAL CONDITION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VERTIGO; VISION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50249178616     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.75.216     Document Type: Article

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