Cytologic diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri.
Malignant cells were found in the cerebrospinal fluid of an elderly woman with a clinically confusing neurologic disease that was recognized as gliomatosis cerebri at autopsy. The usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid cytology in the antemortem diagnosis of this unusual brain tumor is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D005260:Female; D005911:Gliosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans