Frequent development of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in patients with peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer
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a report of a rare gastric cancer case: leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (lmc) from gastrointestinal cancer would be rare. a 56-years old man with complaint of dyspepsia and histopathologic examination of the biopsy specimens has shown: adenocarcinoma. at the end of adjuvant chemo radiation therapy, the patient has affected by headache and mild confusion. in cerebrospinal fluid (csf) cytology, a plenty of malignant cells have seen and u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastric Cancer
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1436-3291,1436-3305
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-011-0064-y