RT Journal
A1 Schiff D, Feske SK, Wen PY
T1 DEceptively normal ventricular fluid in lymphomatous meningitis
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1993
FD February 8
VO 153
IS 3
SP 389
OP 390
DO 10.1001/archinte.1993.00410030093013
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1993.00410030093013
AB The diagnosis of leptomeningeal cancer ultimately depends on the finding of abnormal cerebrospinal fluid with malignant cytologic study results. We report a case of relapsed leptomeningeal lymphomatosis in which ventricular cerebrospinal fluid was entirely normal while lumbar spinal fluid was diagnostically abnormal. To our knowledge, this is the first such reported case, and it highlights the importance of sampling cerebrospinal fluid close to the site of clinical involvement.(Arch Intern Med. 1993;153:389-390)