Neoplastic Meningitis: a Rare Presentation of Bronchial Adenocarcinoma

Overview

Journal Acta Neurol Belg

Publisher Springer

Specialty Neurology

Date 2012 Feb 29

PMID 22368977

Citations 1

Authors

Emke Marechal

Patrick Cras

Paul M Parizel

David Creytens

Sofie Verbeke

Gregory Helsen

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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.

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PMID: 25103421 PMC: 4131164. DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0160-9.