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Case Reports
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis presenting as bilateral sensorineural deafness and unilateral facial palsy.
- S Mourgela, A Sakellaropoulos, and A Ardavanis.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Agios Savvas Anticancer Institute, Athens, Greece. sofiamou@otenet.gr
- J Buon. 2009 Apr 1; 14 (2): 317-9.
AbstractThis paper describes the case of a 56-year-old man with a history of small cell lung cancer under chemotherapy, who presented with left-sided peripheral facial palsy and progressive bilateral sensorineural deafness due to leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC). Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the petrosal bones and posterior cranial fossa revealed 2 solid lesions in the internal acoustic meatuses bilaterally and LMC of the skull base. Whole brain radiation therapy and methotrexate intrathecally were applied to the patient.
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