title: Neoplastic meningitis: a rare presentation of bronchial adenocarcinoma.
abstract: Following chronic daily headache, neoplastic meningitis was diagnosed in a non-smoking 44-year-old man. A bronchial adenocarcinoma was found to be the primary tumor. He was treated with erlotinib. Meningitis as the first manifestation of a malignancy is very rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
authors.forename: Emke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marechal
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cras
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Parizel
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Creytens
authors.forename: Sofie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verbeke
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Helsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D055756:Meningeal Carcinomatosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis