[Meningeal carcinomatosis as the primary manifestation of breast cancer in a man].
Meningeal Carcinomatosis (MC) is a severe and usually late complication in the progressive development of some--5%--solid extraneural tumors. Breast and Lung adenocarcinomas are the two primary sites more often associated with this condition today. We present a case of male patient in whom MC was the initial and diagnostic manifestation of breast cancer. Autopsy study revealed a concomitant presence of a lung bronchoalveolar carcinoma. However, the cytopathology of Cerebrospinal Fluid and pathologic findings in leptomeninges showed a breast adenocarcinoma as primary site.
Adenocarcinoma↗