Meningeal metastases: clinical aspects and diagnosis

Formaglio, Fabio; Caraceni, Augusto

doi:10.1007/bf00831563

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“…Other frequent complaints include facial numbness and visual loss. The first complaint rarely is tinnitus, hoarseness, dysphagia, vertigo or decrease of taste sensation 11. In this case hoarseness due to right TVC plegia was seen.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 65%

Leptomeningeal metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of oesophagus with unusual presentation

Akhavan

Navabii

2012

BMJ Case Reports

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SummaryOesophageal 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. BACKGROUND

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 65%

Leptomeningeal metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of oesophagus with unusual presentation

Akhavan

Navabii

2012

BMJ Case Reports

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“…Intradural metastatic melanomas, lung and breast cancers, and leukemias can be revealed in adults (Formaglio et al 1998;Gomori et al 1998;Kallmes 1998;Collie et al 1999;Singh et al 200). In rare cases, metastatic EP, pineoblastomas, choroid plexus carcinomas, and glioblastomas are revealed.…”

Section: Metastatic Tumoursmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spine and Spinal Cord Disorders

Diagnostic Neuroradiology

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Incidence of spinal cord tumours compared with organic lesions of the CNS varies from 1.98 to 3%, and compared with brain tumour cases is less than 15% of CNS lesions (Nikolsky 1947;Razdolsky 1958;Manelfe 1992). For many years, myelography (first applied in 1923) has been considered one of the principal imaging modalities for diagnosis of spinal pathology. In the early 1980s, its place was overtaken by CT and its modification, CT myelography with soluble contrast medium. This permitted, on the one hand, reducing the rate of complications and, on the other hand, significantly improving the quality of primary diagnosis of spinal cord lesions. It is mainly used for extramedullary tumours (Aubin 1979; Post 1980;Haughton 1982).The introduction of a new imaging modality-MRI-in neurosurgical practice was a new step towards improved diagnosis and treatment of patients with spinal cord lesions. MRI scanners enable whole-spine and spinal cord imaging without CE or ionising radiation; it is also useful in diagnosing tumour size and localisation (especially intramedullary), and differentiating solid and cystic tumour components. All these factors contribute to its widespread use. And as a reflection of this process, an appearance of a number of monographs devoted to use of this modality in neurosurgery and neurology surfaced (Brant-Zawadzki

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