Andugulapati Santosh Sriram, Chheda Akash, Desai Karan, Ravat Sangeeta Hasmukh
Department of Neurology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharastra, India.
Department of Neurology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharastra, India
BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Mar 10;14(3):e238808. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238808.
A diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension should be considered only after careful exclusion of all possible aetiologies. We report a case of neoplastic meningitis presenting as intracranial hypertension with inconclusive repeated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology and MRI of brain, emphasising the importance of meticulous CSF analysis and role of early whole-body PET-CT scan for diagnosis of systemic malignancy.
仅在仔细排除所有可能病因后,才应考虑特发性颅内高压的诊断。我们报告一例以颅内高压为表现的肿瘤性脑膜炎病例,其脑脊液(CSF)细胞学检查和脑部MRI多次结果不明确,强调了细致的脑脊液分析的重要性以及早期全身PET-CT扫描在诊断系统性恶性肿瘤中的作用。