Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis associated with papillary renal cell carcinoma

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC), or neoplastic meningitis, occurs in about 5–20% of patients with metastatic cancer, depending on the type of the primary malignancy and kind of treatment received. The association of LMC with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a rare entity, and only two cases of papi...

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Autores principales: Chilkulwar, Abhishek, Pottimutyapu, Ramya, Wu, Fawng, Padooru, Keerthi R, Pingali, Sai Ravi, Kassem, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cancer Intelligence 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4203475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374616
http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2014.468
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Sumario:Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC), or neoplastic meningitis, occurs in about 5–20% of patients with metastatic cancer, depending on the type of the primary malignancy and kind of treatment received. The association of LMC with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a rare entity, and only two cases of papillary renal cell cancer with leptomeningeal metastasis have been reported. Leptomeningeal spread usually confers a poor prognosis despite the use of modern treatment strategies as compared to patients with extracranial metastases. We report a case of papillary RCC, a less common type of RCC presenting with LMC.

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