Neoplastic meningitis: a rare presentation of bronchial adenocarcinoma

Acta Neurol Belg. 2011 Dec;111(4):337-9.

Abstract

Following chronic daily headache, neoplastic meningitis was diagnosed in a non-smoking 44-year-old man. A bronchial adenocarcinoma was found to be the primary tumor. He was treated with erlotinib. Meningitis as the first manifestation of a malignancy is very rare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningeal Carcinomatosis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Meningeal Carcinomatosis / complications*
  • Meningeal Carcinomatosis / diagnosis
  • Meningitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Meningitis / complications*
  • Meningitis / diagnosis