title: Metastasizing extraneural tumors along the CSF pathway.
abstract: Dissemination of metastases from primarily extraneural tumors with the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is rare and most often seen in association with a leptomeningeal involvement. Here we present 2 cases of bronchogenic and 1 case of prostata carcinoma with multiple CSF metastases within the entire cerebral ventricles and the spinal canal.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Neurochirurgie der Universität zu Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bergmann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuchelmeister
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patt
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Ernestus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000473:pathology