… In the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the demonstration of malignant cells by cytological examination
is currently the gold standard for the diagnosis of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC). …

… Moderate diagnostic accuracy of MRI and initial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology analysis
results in at least 10%–15% false negative diagnoses of leptomeningeal metastases (LM) of …

… of the brain and/or spinal cord and cytological examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Both
… in close contact with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Once shed into the CSF, cancer cells may …

… analysis in relation to the standard cytological examination of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
in … or a haematological malignancy and possible leptomeningeal disease, 68 CSF-samples …

… lymphoma, seeding of the cerebrospinal fluid space is a critical … evidence of leptomeningeal
metastases without clear impact … in standard protocols for CSF analysis, staging of the entire …

… melanoma are the most common to metastasize to the leptomeninges (1). The prognosis
for … of LMM requires cytological detection of malignant cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). …

… postulated to spread via the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Cytologic evaluation of the CSF is …
with signs and symptoms that suggest leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC) rather than an …

… All patients had LM as defined by either positive CSF cytology or a clinical syndrome and …
CSF cytology notwithstanding multiple CSF examination from at least 2 cerebrospinal fluid (…

… Detection of malignant cells on cytologic examination of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is
the diagnostic gold standard for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. The absence of cells is a …

… metastases together with leptomeningeal metastasis (LM). We performed cerebrospinal fluid
analysis focusing on cytology … Despite negative cytology results, we detected the X19del …