Chromosome analysis in meningeal carcinomatosis.
A 50-year-old man with clinical signs of meningeal carcinomatosis is described in whom cerebrospinal fluid cells suspected of malignancy were found. A chromosome analysis confirmed malignancy and also indicated the origin of the primary tumor.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000556:secondary; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged