Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon with leptomeningeal involvement

Yesim Yildirim; Zafer Akcali; Ozgur Ozyilkan

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2009.10.014

Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon with leptomeningeal involvement

J Clin Neurosci. 2010 Aug;17(8):1051-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.10.014. Epub 2010 May 20.

Authors

Yesim Yildirim¹, Zafer Akcali, Ozgur Ozyilkan

Affiliation

¹ Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital Medical Oncology Department, Istanbul, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 20493709
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.10.014

Abstract

Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon is rare. Most patients with this type of cancer have a poor prognosis. We describe a patient with signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon, for whom leptomeningeal metastasis presented a variety of clinical symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / secondary*
Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis / pathology
Male
Meningeal Neoplasms / secondary*
Middle Aged