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A/SAG T1 FLAIR MRI; B/ AX T1 FLAIR MRI and C/COR T1 FLAIR MRI-postcontrast images showing hyperintense leptomeningeal brain lesions, mainly infratentorial in the cerebellum and medulla oblongata, with mild compression of the brainstem

A/SAG T1 FLAIR MRI; B/ AX T1 FLAIR MRI and C/COR T1 FLAIR MRI-postcontrast images showing hyperintense leptomeningeal brain lesions, mainly infratentorial in the cerebellum and medulla oblongata, with mild compression of the brainstem

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Leptomeningeal disease (LMD), also known as leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, is a rare cancer complication, in which malignant cells infiltrate the layers of the central nervous system (CNS), known as meninges. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) demonstrate multiple masses within the subarachnoid space or diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement. We present...

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... MRI of neuroaxial reports leptomeningeal brain metastases, mainly infratentorial in the cerebellum and medulla oblongata, with mild compression of the brainstem. The spinal axis is not engaged ( Figures 5 and 6). ...
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... the occasion of headaches and dizziness, on the MRI/2018, a relapse of the tumour formation in the PCF with subependimal nodules and single lesion, adjacent to the pituitary Infundubulum with the MR characteristic of CSF metastases was established (Figures 15 and 16). A slight degree of hydrocephalus is visible. ...