leptomeningeal

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Related to leptomeningeal: leptomeningeal cyst, Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

lep·to·me·nin·ge·al

(lep'tō-mĕ-nin'jē-ăl),

Pertaining to the leptomeninges.

lep·to·me·nin·ge·al

(lep'tō-mĕ-nin'jē-ăl)

Pertaining to the leptomeninges.

leptomeninges

(lep?to-men-in'jes) leptomeninx [? + meninx, membrane]

The pia mater and arachnoid as distinct from the dura mater.

Synonym: pia-arachnoidleptomeningeal, adjective

leptomeningeal

Pertaining to the two soft inner layers of membrane that surround the brain, the PIA MATER and the ARACHNOID MATER, but not the DURA MATER.

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Anahtar Sozcukler: Leptomeningeal tutulum, Hodgkin lenfoma

Hodgkin's lymphoma with leptomeningeal involvement / Leptomeningeal Tutulumlu Hodgkin Lenfoma

Takeuchi H, Hashimoto N, Kitai R, Kubota T: A Report of Supratentorial Leptomeningeal Hemangioblastoma and a Literature Review.

Supratentorial dural-based haemangioblastoma in a Native American patient without Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome

Papillary tumor of pineal region presenting with leptomeningeal seeding.

Papillary tumor of the pineal region

Prenatal exposure to ethanol induces leptomeningeal heterotopia in the cerebral cortex of the rat fetus.

Focus on: magnetic resonance-based studies of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in animal models

On contrast-enhanced CT there is diffuse enhancement of the basal subarachnoid cisterns and occasionally of the tentorium and sylvian fissures, but contrast-enhanced MRI is more sensitive in detecting leptomeningeal enhancement [28].

Neuroimaging of CNS involvement in HIV

This is superior to CT-myelography in paediatric cases of leptomeningeal metastases from intracranial tumours.

MRI features of disseminated 'drop metastases'

A lumbar puncture was done to evaluate for presence of leptomeningeal involvement of leukemia.

Intracerebral granulocytic sarcoma

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Cognitive decline in an elderly hospitalized patient with primary leptomeningeal melanomatosis

Beta-glucuronidase -- A normal enzyme occurring abnormally in CSF in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

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Marc Chamberlain, MD -- Professor of Neurology, University of Washington, a world renowned neuro-oncologist, well known for his work on leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

NEONC Technologies Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board Plans Development and Clinical Testing of NEO100 in Treatment of Gliomas and Other Cancers

Serial cerebral computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans showed development of an asymmetric hydrocephalus and diffuse leptomeningeal and subependymal contrast enhancement, especially around the brainstem, without signs of intracerebral mass lesions (online Technical Appendix Figure).

Fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis in the Netherlands after travel to The Gambia

The sites of metastatic disease also seem to differ, with first metastases more common in lungs and a higher rate of central nervous system and leptomeningeal metastases [9,13,15].