Meningeal carcinomatosis 21 years following bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma: diagnosis by cisternal CSF examination.
An unusual case is described of pure meningeal carcinomatosis in the absence of other evidence of tumor occurring 21 years after lobectomy for a localized bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma. The metastatic disease was confined to the leptomeninges and was documented only by a cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination. Four previous lumbar punctures had shown hypoglycorrachia as the only CSF abnormality.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002843:Chromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002946:Cisterna Magna; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000556:secondary*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli; D013997:Time Factors
D002843:Chromatin