title: Leptomeningeal metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of oesophagus with unusual presentation.
abstract: Oesophageal cancer rarely metastasis to the brain but advances in brain imaging and increasing survival of these patients has led to more detection of this condition. Although oesophageal cancer is common in the north of Iran it is less frequent in the central parts such as Yazd. Leptomeningeal metastasis is very uncommon in oesophageal cancer. This paper presents a 73-year-old man with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from squamous cell carcinoma of oesophagus presented by hoarseness due to true vocal cord plegia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, Shahid Sadoghi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Republic of Iran. ali52akhavan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akhavan
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Navabii
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D010166:Palliative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology