GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT OF THE LEPTOMENINGES CAUSED BY HYDROCEPHALUS -A POTENTIAL MIMIC OF LEPTOMENINGEAL METASTASIS

Authors
SCHUMACHER DJ TIEN RD FRIEDMAN H
Citation
Dj. Schumacher et al., GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT OF THE LEPTOMENINGES CAUSED BY HYDROCEPHALUS -A POTENTIAL MIMIC OF LEPTOMENINGEAL METASTASIS, American journal of neuroradiology, 15(4), 1994, pp. 639-641
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
639 - 641
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1994)15:4<639:GEOTLC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A patient had severe hydrocephalus and diffuse leptomeningeal enhancem ent on MR which mimicked leptomeningeal spread of a primary brain tumo r. The leptomeningeal enhancement resolved completely after decompress ion of the hydrocephalus. Data suggest that the leptomeningeal enhance ment is caused by vascular stasis induced by the hydrocephalus.