Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis Secondary to Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Ayman A Abdo; Sylvain Coderre; Ronald J Bridges

doi:10.1155/2002/659125

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2002)

Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis Secondary to Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Ayman A Abdo,
Sylvain Coderre,
Ronald J Bridges

Affiliations

Ayman A Abdo: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sylvain Coderre: Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ronald J Bridges: Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2002/659125
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 11
pp. 807 – 811

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) is a rare metastatic complication of solid tumours. It has been mainly described in association with breast cancer, lung cancer and melanoma.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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