We review the literature on cases of cranial or spinal tumor presenting with meningitic symptoms. Embryonal tumors - dermoid cysts, epidermoid, epidermoid cysts, craniopharyngiomas, teratomas - and malignant gliomas were the cause of most of the episodes of chemical meningitis, single or multiple in patients with no neurological symptoms. Differential diagnosis from aseptic meningitis, especially from Mollaret aseptic meningitis, is essential. © 1990 Masson Italia periodici s.r.l.

CRANIAL AND SPINAL TUMORS WITH MENINGITIC ONSET / Lunardi, Pierpaolo; Missori, Paolo. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0392-0461. - STAMPA. - 11:2(1990), pp. 145-151. [10.1007/bf02335557]

CRANIAL AND SPINAL TUMORS WITH MENINGITIC ONSET

LUNARDI, Pierpaolo;MISSORI, Paolo
1990

Abstract

We review the literature on cases of cranial or spinal tumor presenting with meningitic symptoms. Embryonal tumors - dermoid cysts, epidermoid, epidermoid cysts, craniopharyngiomas, teratomas - and malignant gliomas were the cause of most of the episodes of chemical meningitis, single or multiple in patients with no neurological symptoms. Differential diagnosis from aseptic meningitis, especially from Mollaret aseptic meningitis, is essential. © 1990 Masson Italia periodici s.r.l.
1990
aseptic meningitis; cerebral neoplasm; cerebral neoplasma; chemical meningitis; dermoid; epidermoid; glioma; mollaret meningitis; spinal neoplasm; spinal neoplasma; teratoma
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CRANIAL AND SPINAL TUMORS WITH MENINGITIC ONSET / Lunardi, Pierpaolo; Missori, Paolo. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0392-0461. - STAMPA. - 11:2(1990), pp. 145-151. [10.1007/bf02335557]
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