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Medicina Legal de Costa Rica
versión On-line ISSN 2215-5287versión impresa ISSN 1409-0015
Resumen
ALEXIS QUESADA, Jose; VARGAS, Maikel; GONZALEZ, Fernando y MORENO, Eva. Hidrocefalia y Carcinomatosis Leptomeningea secundaria a Adenocarcinoma pulmonar. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2015, vol.32, n.1, pp.183-190. ISSN 2215-5287.
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is usually diagnosed in 5% to 7% of the malingnant tumors, which lung cáncer is the most commun cause in all its hystological types. We present a clincal case, where the patient complaints of head ache, blurred visión and where idiopatic hydrocephalus was diagnosed. Months after de Ventricular peritoneal shunt was placed, the patient comes back with lost of weigth, astenia, dysphagia and sensorial disturbances. Autopsy revealed a lung adenocarcinoma with micrometastasis to the brain and leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Palabras clave : Carcinomatosis leptomeníngea; Adenocarcinoma pulmonar; Hidrocefalia; Derivación ventrículo peritoneal.