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Abstract
Primary or secondary neoplasm in the ARACHNOID or SUBARACHNOID SPACE. It appears as a diffuse fibrotic thickening of the MENINGES associated with variable degrees of inflammation.
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- Carcinomatous Meningitis
- Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis
- Carcinomatoses, Leptomeningeal
- Carcinomatoses, Meningeal
- Carcinomatosis, Leptomeningeal
- Carcinomatosis, Meningeal
- Carcinomatous Meningitides
- Leptomeningeal Carcinomatoses
- Meningeal Carcinomatoses
- Meningitides, Carcinomatous
- Meningitis, Carcinomatous
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2009
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Previous Indexing
- Meningeal Neoplasms (1978-2008)
- Meningitis (1966-2008)
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- National Library of Medicine. Meningeal Carcinomatosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055756. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055756
- Meningeal Carcinomatosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptomeningeal_cancer
- Meningeal Carcinomatosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1920586