Leptomeningeal involvement by epithelial ovarian carcinoma: a case report.
A patient with epithelial ovarian carcinoma, who developed meningeal carcinomatosis, is hereby presented. A review of the literature revealed that only a few cases of this entity have been reported. With the prolonged survival of ovarian cancer patients treated by combination chemotherapy, it is expected that meningeal involvement will be found more often.
D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*