title: Diffuse spinal leptomeningeal metastases from prostatic cancer. A case report.
abstract: A patient with a spinal form of diffuse metastatic leptomeningeal carcinoma from prostatic cancer is reported. The clinical manifestations and diagnosis are discussed, and the literature reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Terahata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanamori
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001099:Arachnoid; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D009192:Myelography; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D010841:Pia Mater; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed