Introduction Limited updated literature exists about the prevalence and spectrum of
malignancies involving cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In this multi-institutional study, we review …

Of central ner-vous system (CNS) manifesta-tions of primary and secondary tu-mors with
magnetic resonance(MR) imaging can influence clinical man-agement, because new …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Postoperative MR imaging is routinely performed for
staging of medulloblastoma because of frequent tumor dissemination along CSF pathways …

Antibody production in mice is controlled by two functionally distinct gene types in the I
region of the major histocompatibility complex. One controls T cell recognition of antigen and …

Flow cytometric immunophenotypic analysis (FCA) can be performed to evaluate lymphoid
cells in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We compared this method with conventional cytologic …

Flow cytometric immunophenotyping (FCI) is recommended in the evaluation of
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens for hematologic neoplasms. This study reviewed FCI of …

BACKGROUND Involvement of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by hematopoietic malignancies
may be difficult to document by morphology alone. In cases with low numbers of cells or …

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of leptomeningeal dissemination of malignant glioma
(meningeal gliomatosis) is associated with poor survival. Intrathecal (IT) chemotherapeutic …

Tenchnical advances of the past decade permit detection in the cerebrospinal fluid of many
endogenous substances elaborated by the brain. Study of the composition of cerebrospinal …

Meningitis is the main infectious central nervous system (CNS) syndrome. Viruses or
bacteria can cause acute meningitis of infectious etiology. The term" Aseptic Meningitis" …