Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis From Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in a Young Patient: A Case Report and a Literature Review
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, leptomeningeal meningitis, or, as referred here, leptomeningeal metastasis (LM), is a rare but frequently fatal complication seen in advanced stage of cancer either locally advanced or after a metastasis of a known primary cancer. We present a rare and uncommon case of...
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Main Authors: | Leila Moosavi MD (Author), Carlos D'Assumpcao MD (Author), Jonathan Bowen BSc (Author), Arash Heidari MD (Author), Everardo Cobos MD (Author) |
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2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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