Diagnosing Primary Malignancy in Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis by Using CSF Cytology and Immunohistochemistry: A Case Report

Abstract We present a rare case of recurrent carcinoma of gallbladder with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology showed atypical cells, which were suspicious for malignancy on initial reporting. Diagnosis of malignancy and primary from hepatobiliary source was confirmed b...

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Published inIndian journal of medical and paediatric oncology Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 920 - 922
Main Authors Hasthavaram, Navaneeth Reddy, Dadu, Tina, Duggal, Rajan, Qureshi, Suhail, Baghmar, Saphalta, Agarwal, Amit, Khurana, Aseem, Sarin, Aditya, Singh, Navdeep, Kumar, Ramesh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published A-12, 2nd Floor, Sector 2, Noida-201301 UP, India Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd 01.11.2020
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Subjects
Cancer
Case Report with Review of Literature
Case reports
Cellular biology
Gallbladder cancer
Immunohistochemistry
India
leptomeningeal
immunohistochemistry
Gallbladder carcinoma
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Summary:Abstract We present a rare case of recurrent carcinoma of gallbladder with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology showed atypical cells, which were suspicious for malignancy on initial reporting. Diagnosis of malignancy and primary from hepatobiliary source was confirmed by doing immunohistochemistry on CSF cell block.
ISSN:0971-5851
0975-2129
DOI:10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_267_20