Pneumology - Case Reports
November 5, 2021
Vol. 92 No. 2 (2022)
Adenocarcinoma lung presenting with meningeal carcinomatosis
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Meningeal infiltration by malignant metastasis process without brain parenchymal involvement is very unusual event in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. This manuscript describes a case of adenocarcinoma right lung in a 48-year old male having persistent headache. The cerebrospinal fluid cytology revealed the presence of metastatic deposits of adenocarcinoma lung that confirmed the diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis.
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“Adenocarcinoma Lung Presenting With Meningeal Carcinomatosis”. 2021. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 92 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1427.
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