Meningeal carcinomatosis secondary to prostatic carcinoma: case report.
A patient presenting with signs and symptoms attributable to meningeal carcinomatosis was found to have metastasizing prostatic carcinoma at autopsy. Microsopically, the primary and metastatic carcinomas exhibited mucus production. Only 3 cases of meningeal carcinomatosis owing to prostatic carcinoma are cited in the literature, none of which is documented adequately.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D009077:Mucins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
D009077:Mucins; D000135:Acid Phosphatase