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Carcinomatous leptomeningitis

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Carcinomatous leptomeningitis is an irritation of the meninges caused by disseminated metastatic disease.

The CSF often has a very high protein content which may result in failure of CSF absorption, with the development of a communicating hydrocephalus.


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