The Early Diagnosis And Dynamic Observation After Therapy In Meningeal Carcinomatosis

Objective: Cancer is one of the most serious diseases. And meningeal carcinomatosis is a special kind in the cancer. The tumor cells avert to the brain and spinal arachnoid and pia mater. And it infiltrate into cerebrocortex, which produce a serious of clinical syndrome. The clinical diagnose of meningeal carcinomatosis is specific. Its clinical symptoms were often earlier found to the primary disease. Its earlier clinical symptoms only have signs of meningeal irritation and increased CSF pressure. Then the other symptoms in the nerves system have coming also. The most serious symptom was the all brains yet. Of course, the signs of meningeal irritation are the most primary. In the past, meningeal carcinomatosis was diagnosed by postmortem examination. In recent year, with the development of imaging, the diagnosis of tumor in brain was easy. But the cancer cells of meningeal carcinomatosis are caused by mening infiltrated. It perhaps has not formed the actual tumor. So the diagnose of imaging is also very difficulty. Many patients were delayed by these factors when they went to hospital. That endangered the family and social seriously. It will be a problem urged to solve that can prolong the patients' life...