title: [Meningitis and renal cancer].
abstract: A 51 year-old man with a renal cancer (pT3N0M0) consulted at the emergency department for persistent headache initiated a week before and recent vomiting. Physical examination and blood analyses were not remarkable. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated radiological signs of meningitis. The differential diagnosis of meningitis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Département des Soins Intensifs et Clinique d'Oncologie Thoracique, Institut Jules Bordet, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amyai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Van Laethem
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berghmans
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007773:Lactates