Significados de leptomeningeal carcinomatosis en inglés

She had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, in which cancer cells invade the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain.

Central nervous system disease was defined as one or more brain metastases or as leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

Adequate early diagnosis and treatment of CVST enabled an excellent survival rate for the patient, despite leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

Patients and methods: We report a case of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis secondary to endometrial carcinoma and 2 complex cervix cancer cases.

Effective treatment with gefitinib was administered, and the patient survived for 10 months after the diagnosis of CVST and leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

Harper had revealed to People magazine in March 2013 she had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis - cancer cells in the membrane of her brain.

It is also considered to be part of the spectrum of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and is associated with a high incidence of brain metastases.

Results and discussion: Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is usually diagnosed late in the course of the disease, and most reports concern ovarian cancer patients.