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Carcinomatous meningitis, coronal section of occipital lobe of brain, close-up

Last updated on Friday, March 27 2009 by gliageek

Carcinomatous meningitis, coronal section of occipital lobe of brain, close-up

The patient suffered from neurofibromatosis type I and eventually develop a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor which metastasize widely including the leptomeninges. This section demonstrates marked thickening of the arachnoid by tumor, accompanied by invasion into the adjacent cerebral cortex.

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