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A case of metastatic leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from early gastric carcinoma

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Title
A case of metastatic leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from early gastric carcinoma
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology, May 2012
DOI 10.1186/1477-7819-10-74
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Kwang-Kuk Park, Song-I Yang, Kyung-Won Seo, Young-Ok Kim, Ki-Young Yoon

Abstract

Metastatic leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is estimated to occur in 3% to 8% of solid carcinomas. The most common causes of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis are breast cancer, lung cancer and malignant melanoma. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis associated with gastric cancer, especially in its early stages, is exceedingly rare. Its presenting symptoms include headache, nausea and seizures. In this report, we describe a case of leptomeningeal metastasis that presented with early-stage gastric cancer. A 67-year-old woman with a history of early-stage gastric cancer in remission was admitted to our hospital with 3 days of headache and nausea. Her gastric cancer had been treated 29 months prior to presentation by a radical subtotal gastrectomy with a Billroth I anastomosis. She had an uneventful recovery until she was diagnosed with metastases to the left axilla and neck 26 months after surgery. Her presenting symptoms of headache and nausea prompted cytologic examination of the cerebrospinal fluid and measurement of tumor markers, which revealed metastatic leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from her gastric cancer. This report aims to raise awareness of the possibility that even early-stage gastric cancer can lead to leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

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Unknown 29 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 14%
Student > Postgraduate 4 14%
Student > Master 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 10 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 41%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Psychology 1 3%
Neuroscience 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 12 41%
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