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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
History
Neoplastic meningitis should be suspected if there are simultaneous occurrence of symptoms or signs in more than one area of the neuraxis.[1]
Symptoms
Symptoms of neoplastic meningitis are pleomorphic due to involvement of three domains of the neurological function, which include:[2]
- Cerebral hemisphere (15%)
- Cranial nerves (35%)
- Spinal cord and roots (60%)
Symptoms due to cerebral hemisphere dysfunction
Symptoms due to cranial nerve dysfunction
- Cranial nerve III
- 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
Symptoms due to spinal cord and roots dysfunction
- Limb weakness (lower extremities > upper extremities)
- Sensory loss and pain in the neck and back
- Neck rigidity
- Urinary retention
- Urinary incontinence
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
- Rectal prolapse
Symptoms due to elevated intracranial pressure caused by hydrocephalus
References
- ↑ "Infiltration of the Leptomeninges by Systemic Cancer-A Clinical and Pathologic Study". doi:10.1001/archneur.1974.00490320010002. Check
|doi=value (help). - ↑ Chamberlain, M. C. (2008). "Neoplastic Meningitis". The Oncologist. 13 (9): 967–977. doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0138. ISSN 1083-7159.