Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saiseikai Suita Hospital, Japan.
Intern Med. 2021 Mar 15;60(6):855-858. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.5797-20. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
A 58-year-old woman presented to our hospital with complaints of dysphagia. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed an esophagogastric junction tumor with multiple duodenal intramural metastases, and computed tomography showed peritoneal metastasis. In the middle of her fourth cycle of chemotherapy, she displayed symptoms of a left-sided multi-cranial nerve palsy. She was diagnosed with Garcin syndrome caused by meningeal carcinomatosis from gastric cancer based on the results of gadolinium-enhanced brain magnetic resonance imaging and cytology of the cerebrospinal fluid. It is important not to overlook meningeal irritation symptoms or paralysis of cranial nerves and to consider the possibility of Garcin syndrome caused by meningeal carcinomatosis.
一位 58 岁女性因吞咽困难就诊于我院。食管胃十二指肠镜检查发现食管胃结合部肿瘤伴多发十二指肠壁内转移,腹部 CT 显示腹膜转移。在她进行第四次化疗周期时,出现左侧多颅神经麻痹症状。根据钆增强脑磁共振成像和脑脊液细胞学检查结果,诊断为胃癌脑膜转移导致的 Garcin 综合征。重要的是不要忽视脑膜刺激症状或颅神经麻痹,并考虑脑膜转移导致 Garcin 综合征的可能性。