Cytologically negative carcinomatous meningitis: usefulness of CSF biochemical markers.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Eighteen patients (age range, 28 to 62 years; median, 58) with carcinomatous meningitis defined clinically (100%) and neuroradiographically (39%) with negative CSF cytology were evaluated with CSF biochemical markers. In only four patients (22%), CSF biochemical markers corroborated a diagnosis of carcinomatous meningitis.
Medical subject headings
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Meningitis