Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Leptomeningeal metastasis from melanoma emulating chronic subdural hematoma: a case report |
| Authors: |
Pawan Yadav, Govind Mangal, Uday Bhaumik, Sanjeev Agarwal, Poojan Thakor, Vaibhav Lakhanpal |
| Source: |
Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
SpringerOpen, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Surgery
LCC:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Subject Terms: |
Leptomeningeal metastases, Chronic subdural hematoma, Headache, Melanoma, Case report, Surgery, RD1-811, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571 |
| More Details: |
Abstract Background Melanoma is a disease in which the patient doesn’t know about the primary lesion, and it has a propensity to metastases to any organ in the human body. Amongst melanoma, leptomeningeal metastasis has the least incidence. Case presentation In this case, we report a 56-year-old lady presenting with headache, recurrent vomiting and slurring of speech which on imaging was suggestive of chronic subdural hematoma which had led to surgical preparation but upon further examination, and radioimaging was found to be leptomeningeal metastasis from melanoma for which systemic therapy was started. Conclusions The concern is vigilance that is much needed in any case presenting in emergency. When the diagnosis is chronic subdural hematoma, it is followed by surgical treatment which is not done for leptomeningeal metastasis. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2520-8225 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2520-8225 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s41984-021-00132-y |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/04d219b878394aba836339b5b48b23ef |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.04d219b878394aba836339b5b48b23ef |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
