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ArticleAnnals of surgical treatment and research2014

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from gastric cancer: single institute retrospective analysis of 9 cases.

Nam-Hee Kim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Hyung-Min Chin, Kyong-Hwa Jun

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Article in Annals of surgical treatment and research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nam-Hee KimDepartment of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Ji-Hyun KimDepartment of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Hyung-Min ChinDepartment of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Kyong-Hwa JunDepartment of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
St. Vincent's Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study is to investigate the clinical features and outcomes of 9 consecutive patients who suffered with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC) originating from gastric cancer.

methodsBetween January 1995 and December 2010, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 9 patients with gastric LMC who had been treated at St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea.

resultsWith the exception of 1 patient, the primary gastric cancer was Borrmann type III or IV, and 5 cases had poorly differentiated or signet ring cell histology. TNM stage of the primary gastric cancer was III in 6 patients. The median interval from diagnosis of the primary malignancy to the diagnosis of LMC was 9 months. Headache (6 cases), altered mental status (4 cases), and dysarthria (3 cases) were presenting symptoms of LMC. Computed tomography findings were abnormal in 4 of 7 cases, while magnetic resonance imaging revealed abnormality in 4 of 5 cases. Radiation therapy was administered to 5 patients and intrathecal chemotherapy was administered to only 1 patient. Median overall survival duration from the diagnosis of LMC was 3 months.

conclusionLMC originating from gastric cancer had a fatal clinical course and treatment strategies remain challenging.

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Meningeal carcinomatosisNeoplasm metastasisPrognosisStomach neoplasms

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PMID24761402
PMCPMC3994606
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