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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]
Overview
Physical Examination
Symptoms
Common physical examination findings of neoplastic meningitis include:[1]
Signs due to cerebral hemisphere dysfunction
Signs due to cranial nerve dysfunction
- Cranial nerve II
- Cranial nerve III
- Ptosis
- Fixed dilated pupil
- "Down and out" deviation of the affected eye
- Cranial nerve IV
- Cranial nerve VI
- Cranial nerve V
- Facial hypesthesia or anesthesia
- Weakness of clenching and side-to-side movement of the jaw
- Cranial nerve VIII
Signs due to spinal cord and roots dysfunction
- Limb weakness (lower extremities > upper extremities)
- Sensory loss in the neck and back, following a radicular pattern
- Nuchal rigidity
- Bowel and bladder dysfunction
Signs due to elevated intracranial pressure caused by hydrocephalus
References
- ↑ Chamberlain, M. C. (2008). "Neoplastic Meningitis". The Oncologist. 13 (9): 967–977. doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0138. ISSN 1083-7159.