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    Leptomeningeal cancer is a rare complication of cancer in which the disease spreads from the original tumor site to the meninges surrounding the brain...
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    various types of cancer. Rhenium (186Re) Obisbemeda is a Rhenium-186 radiolabeled therapeutic targeting recurrent glioblastoma, leptomeningeal metastases,...
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  • leiomyoma – leiomyosarcoma – lentinan – lepirudin – leptomeningealleptomeningeal cancerleptomeningeal metastases – leridistim – lerisetron – Leser-Trélat...
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  • is an uncommon but well-recognized clinical presentation in cancer patients. Leptomeningeal metastasis most commonly is due to breast, lung, or melanoma...
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    tumors, leukemia/lymphoma or leptomeningeal disease by intrathecal drug administration. In the palliative care of terminal cancer, an Ommaya reservoir can...
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  • Carcinosis, or carcinomatosis, is disseminated cancer, forms of metastasis, whether used generally or in specific patterns of spread. Carcinomatosis is...
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    Valerie Harper (category Deaths from lung cancer in California)
    diagnosed with lung cancer. She announced on March 6, 2013, that tests from a January hospital stay revealed she had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare...
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    "Disseminated diffuse midline gliomas, H3K27-altered mimicking diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumors: a diagnostical challenge!". Acta Neuropathologica...
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    Esthesioneuroblastoma (category Head and neck cancer of respiratory tract)
    treated patients with high grade tumors are more likely to experience leptomeningeal metastases or involvement of the cerebral spinal fluid unlike patients...
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  • hyperostotic dwarfism Lenz microphthalmia syndrome Leprechaunism Leprosy Leptomeningeal capillary - venous angiomatosis Leptospirosis Leri pleonosteosis Léri–Weill...
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    Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor 1.5.7 Myxoid glioneuronal tumor 1.5.8 Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor 1.5.9 Gangliocytoma 1.5.10 Multinodular and vacuolating...
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    Elizabeth Wurtzel (category Deaths from breast cancer in New York (state))
    boobs." Wurtzel died in Manhattan from leptomeningeal disease as a complication of metastasized breast cancer on January 7, 2020, at age 52. Her personal...
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  • Dichloroacetic acid (category Alternative cancer treatments)
    Dichloroacetate Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma-Related Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis". Journal of Medical Cases. 7 (4): 136–142. doi:10.14740/jmc2456w...
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    typically includes positive CSF cytology, vitreous biopsy, or brain/leptomeningeal biopsy. Histopathological confirmation is essential for definitive diagnosis...
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  • conventional techniques or <10 mm with spiral CT scan), i.e., bone lesions, leptomeningeal disease, ascites, pleural/pericardial effusion, inflammatory breast...
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  • Show, Rhoda, Valerie), Emmy Award winner (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975), leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. James Cellan Jones, 88, Welsh film and television director...
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  • another with leptomeningeal disease (LMD). March 17, 2017 First Poziotinib clinical trial patient enrolled by Dr. John Heymach of MD Anderson Cancer Center...
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  • narcolepsy lept(o)- light, slender Greek λεπτός (leptós), thin, lean leptomeningeal leuc(o)-, leuk(o)- denoting a white color Greek λευκός (leukós), white...
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    Familial amyloid polyneuropathy, Familial amyloid cardiomyopathy, Leptomeningeal amyloidosis ATTR β-2 microglobulin Dialysis related amyloidosis, Hereditary...
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    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). RILP may also be misdiagnosed as leptomeningeal metastasis often showing nodular MRI enhancement of the cauda equina...
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    drug-induced), systemic infection, vasculitis, auto-immune disease, and cancer. As such, patient presentation of fever, headache, stiff neck, and altered...
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  • stain in the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve, glaucoma and leptomeningeal angioma. However, the clinical presentation can vary significantly depending...
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    originating from the CNS tissue include:[citation needed] Arachnoid cysts (Leptomeningeal cysts) Ependymal cysts Cystic cerebellar astrocytomas Colloid cysts...
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  • Capillary leak syndrome with monoclonal gammopathy Capillary venous leptomeningeal angiomatosis Caplan's syndrome CAPOS syndrome Caratolo–Cilio–Pessagno...
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    Paclitaxel trevatide (category Experimental cancer drugs)
    cancer with brain metastasis, glioblastoma, and high-grade glioma. Results from the phase II trial in patients with breast cancer and leptomeningeal carcinomatosis...
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    resistance in a non-small-cell lung cancer patient with an epidermal growth factor receptor mutation and leptomeningeal metastases treated with high-dose...
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    and radiotherapy. In the event of subtotal resection or widespread leptomeningeal disease, craniospinal irradiation is often used. Choroid plexus tumors...
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    rule out certain stroke mimics and detect bleeding. The presence of leptomeningeal collateral circulation in the brain is associated with better clinical...
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    Jan Maxwell (category Deaths from breast cancer in New York (state))
    Maxwell-Lunney. Maxwell died on February 11, 2018, from leptomeningeal carcinomatosis complicated from breast cancer at her Manhattan apartment at the age of 61....
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    of several blood cancers. ICL patients have developed primary effusion lymphoma,[non-primary source needed] primary leptomeningeal lymphoma, diffuse...
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