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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from oesophageal cancer, presenting as meningitis

A 47-year-old woman presented with headache, neck pain, dizziness, nausea and vomiting for 4–5 days. She also had a history of weight loss and difficulty in swallowing. On physical examination, she had nuchal rigidity with a positive Kernig's sign. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed mild ple...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ Case Rep
Hauptverfasser: Ahmed, Mashrafi, Begum, Tahmina, Omer, Abdel Rahman, Khan, Ishtiaque Amin
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4716441/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26740266
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-210974
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