Findings to Leptomeningeal Metastases in Lung Cancer: A Case Report

• Main Authors: Thiago Rodrigo de Noronha, Ricardo Ambrósio Fock
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2019-01-01
• Series: Asian Journal of Oncology
• Subjects: leptomeningeal metastases; lung cancer; cerebrospinal fluid
• Online Access: http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1692513

Leptomeningeal metastases (LM) is defined as diffuse or focal infiltration of malignant cells into the meninges that bathe the brain and spinal subarachnoid. All malignant tumors may cause LM; however, there are several tumor entities that are more frequently associated with leptomeningeal spread than others such as lung cancer, breast carcinoma, melanoma, and hematologic neoplasms as well as primary brain tumor. Here, we present a case of LM from a 53-year-old woman with lung tumor and show the importance of cerebrospinal fluid analysis in the diagnosis of LM.