[Meningeal carcinomatosis as the primary manifestation of breast cancer in a man].
Meningeal Carcinomatosis (MC) is a severe and usually late complication in the progressive development of some--5%--solid extraneural tumors. Breast and Lung adenocarcinomas are the two primary sites more often associated with this condition today. We present a case of male patient in whom MC was the initial and diagnostic manifestation of breast cancer. Autopsy study revealed a concomitant presence of a lung bronchoalveolar carcinoma. However, the cytopathology of Cerebrospinal Fluid and pathologic findings in leptomeninges showed a breast adenocarcinoma as primary site.
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Servicio de Oncologia Médica, Hospital General La Paz, Madrid.
García de Paredes
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Burgos
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Feliú
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Vicente
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González Barón
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged
Carcinomatosis meníngea como primera manifestación de un cáncer de mama en un varón.