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Neoplastic meningitis
Metastatic neoplasm in which the tumor cells spread to leptomeninges (pia and arachnoid) and subarachnoid space. The most common primary tumors metastasizing to the leptomeninges are breast and lung carcinomas, melanoma, aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and acute lymphocytic leukemia.
- Identifiers
- MONDO:0700219
- Part of
- Metastatic malignant neoplasm
- Also known as
- carcinomatous meningitis · leptomeningeal carcinoma · leptomeningeal carcinomatosis · leptomeningeal metastasis · meningeal carcinomatosis
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