TY - JOUR
T1 - Carcinomatous Meningitis: A Rare Complication of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.
AU - Naqvi, SA
AU - Ahmed, I
PY - 2015/6
Y1 - 2015/6
N2 - Carcinomatous Meningitis (CM) is a relatively uncommon metastatic complication of systemic solid tumors. The condition is mostly diagnosed by presence of malignant cells in the cerebrospinal fluid. The prognosis of the condition is generally poor. CM very rarely complicates pancreatic cancers and very few cases have been reported in the literature. We present a case of a 58-year old female patient operated for pancreatic head carcinoma. She made an immediate uneventful recovery after her pancreatico-duodenectomy. She presented 3 weeks post-surgery with acute confusional state and was diagnosed as a case of CM.
AB - Carcinomatous Meningitis (CM) is a relatively uncommon metastatic complication of systemic solid tumors. The condition is mostly diagnosed by presence of malignant cells in the cerebrospinal fluid. The prognosis of the condition is generally poor. CM very rarely complicates pancreatic cancers and very few cases have been reported in the literature. We present a case of a 58-year old female patient operated for pancreatic head carcinoma. She made an immediate uneventful recovery after her pancreatico-duodenectomy. She presented 3 weeks post-surgery with acute confusional state and was diagnosed as a case of CM.
UR - http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26101003
U2 - 06.2015/jcpsp.458459
DO - 06.2015/jcpsp.458459
M3 - Article
C2 - 26101003
VL - 25
SP - 458
EP - 459
JO - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
JF - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
IS - 6
ER -
