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2019


PLoS One


14


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Palliative cerebrospinal fluid shunting for leptomeningeal metastasis-related hydrocephalus in patients with lung adenocarcinoma: A single-center retrospective study.

Authors

Mitsuya K, Nakasu Y, Hayashi N, Deguchi S, Takahashi T, Murakami H, Naito T, Kenmotsu H, Ono A, Wakuda K, Harada H
PLoS One. 2019; 14(1):e0210074.
PMID: 30629621.

Abstract

Management of leptomeningeal metastasis-related hydrocephalus (LM-H) is particularly challenging regarding the control of severe headache, nausea, and vomiting due to intracranial hypertension. To investigate the improvements of performance status and outcome with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery for LM-H in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.