A Report of a Rare Gastric Cancer Case: Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis

authors:

avatar Ali Taghizadeh-Kermani 1 , avatar Ali Emadi Torghabe 2 , * , avatar Shirin Taraz-Jamshidi 2

Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplant Research Center, Emam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Solid Tumor Treatment Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

how to cite: Taghizadeh-Kermani A, Emadi Torghabe A, Taraz-Jamshidi S. A Report of a Rare Gastric Cancer Case: Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis. Int J Cancer Manag. 2015;8(1):e80586. 

Abstract

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 unfortunately after a short time for about 4 days after ICU admission, the patient has died. This could be due to heavy burden of disease in central nervous system.

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