Meningeal carcinomatosis as the presenting manifestation of gastric adenocarcinoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Leptomeningeal involvement is usually reported as a secondary event in advanced, already diagnosed, gastric adenocarcinoma. We report a case of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in which identification of mucus-secreting "signet-ring" carcinoma cells in the cerebrospinal fluid allowed the diagnosis of an otherwise asymptomatic gastric cancer. This is one of the very few reported cases manifesting as such in the medical literature.
Medical subject headings
- Adenocarcinoma
- Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Stomach Neoplasms