meningeal carcinoma

meningeal carcinoma
carcinomatous infiltration of the meninges, particularly the pia and arachnoid; it may be primary or secondary, especially metastatic from small-cell lung carcinoma or breast cancer. Called also leptomeningeal c. and leptomeningeal or meningeal carcinomatosis.

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