Primary leptomeningeal melanomatosis manifesting as new-onset refractory status epilepticus a case report - Where do you get the best cerebrospinal fluid sample?

Seizure. 2021 Mar:86:77-79. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.01.022. Epub 2021 Feb 7.
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Keywords: Cerebrospinal fluid; New onset refractory status epilepticus; Primary leptomeningeal melanomatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Status Epilepticus* / diagnosis
  • Status Epilepticus* / etiology

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor