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Leptomeningeal Metastases
1. Carcinomatous meningitis (metastases caused by carcinoma such as lung and breast) 2. Meningeal gliomatosis (dissemination of CSF caused by malignant glial tumors) 3. Leptomeningeal metastases secondary to other underlying solid tumors (e.g., rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, other primitive neuroectodermal tumors) 4. Lymphomatous meningitis (metastases caused by lymphoma) 5. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Oncology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2374-2437
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.3502