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

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

<h4>Purpose</h4>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 cerebro...

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Main Authors: Koichi Mitsuya, Yoko Nakasu, Nakamasa Hayashi, Shoichi Deguchi, Toshiaki Takahashi, Haruyasu Murakami, Tateaki Naito, Hirotsugu Kenmotsu, Akira Ono, Kazushige Wakuda, Hideyuki Harada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210074

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210074

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