Three Cases of Neoplastic Meningitis Initially Diagnosed with Infectious Meningitis in Emergency Department
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Three Cases of Neoplastic Meningitis Initially Diagnosed with Infectious Meningitis in Emergency Department
Neoplastic meningitis (NM) is diagnosed by the presence of malignant cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We report 3 patients with NM, who were misdiagnosed with infectious meningitis in emergency department (ED). Case 1. A 68-year-old man visited our ED with a 3-month history of headache. With MRI and CSF study, he was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis. After 20 days, repeated CSF cyto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2090-648X,2090-6498
DOI: 10.1155/2013/561475