Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon with leptomeningeal involvement.
Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon is rare. Most patients with this type of cancer have a poor prognosis. We describe a patient with signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon, for whom leptomeningeal metastasis presented a variety of clinical symptoms.
Yildirim
Yesim
Y
Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital Medical Oncology Department, Istanbul, Turkey. dryesimyildirim@yahoo.com
Akcali
Zafer
Z
Ozyilkan
Ozgur
O
D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged