The prognosis for a patient with carcinoma metastatic to the meninges may be poor if certain findings are present.
Clinical findings suggesting a poor prognosis with meningeal carcinomatosis:
(1) poor performance status (ECOG 3 or 4)
(2) multiple fixed neurologic deficits
(3) bulky CNS metastases
(4) carcinomatous encephalopathy
(5) abnormal CSF flow
(6) widely metastatic cancer that responds poorly to therapy
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Specialty: Hematology Oncology, Surgery, general
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