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[Miliary cerebral carcinomatosis secondary to EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma].
Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 Jan 2016
Dumoulin J, Rozensztajn N, Paradis M, Sellier J, Abel A, Giraud P, Labrune S, Chinet T
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Miliary brain metastases are a rare form of brain metastatic lesions. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 58-year-old patient with lung adenocarcinoma and an EGFR mutation, who had metastatic lesions in the bones, pleura and pericardia at the time of diagnosis. The patient was treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitor. A few months later, he presented with progressive neuropsychiatric symptoms, which...
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