Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case report

We present a rare case of recurrent carcinoma of gallbladder with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology showed atypical cells, which were suspicious for malignancy on initial reporting. Diagnosis of malignancy and primary from hepatobiliary source was confirmed by doing i...

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Main Authors: Navaneeth Reddy Hasthavaram, Tina Dadu, Rajan Duggal, Suhail Qureshi, Saphalta Baghmar, Amit Agarwal, Aseem Khurana, Aditya Sarin, Navdeep Singh, Ramesh Kumar
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2020;volume=41;issue=6;spage=920;epage=922;aulast=Hasthavaram
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author Navaneeth Reddy Hasthavaram
Tina Dadu
Rajan Duggal
Suhail Qureshi
Saphalta Baghmar
Amit Agarwal
Aseem Khurana
Aditya Sarin
Navdeep Singh
Ramesh Kumar
author_facet Navaneeth Reddy Hasthavaram
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Rajan Duggal
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description We present a rare case of recurrent carcinoma of gallbladder with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology showed atypical cells, which were suspicious for malignancy on initial reporting. Diagnosis of malignancy and primary from hepatobiliary source was confirmed by doing immunohistochemistry on CSF cell block.
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spelling doaj-art-c815cdbc8b8a40879dca1d73c22bf9df2025-08-20T03:16:42ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0971-58510975-21292020-01-0141692092210.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_267_20Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case reportNavaneeth Reddy HasthavaramTina DaduRajan DuggalSuhail QureshiSaphalta BaghmarAmit AgarwalAseem KhuranaAditya SarinNavdeep SinghRamesh KumarWe present a rare case of recurrent carcinoma of gallbladder with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology showed atypical cells, which were suspicious for malignancy on initial reporting. Diagnosis of malignancy and primary from hepatobiliary source was confirmed by doing immunohistochemistry on CSF cell block.http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2020;volume=41;issue=6;spage=920;epage=922;aulast=Hasthavaramgallbladder carcinomaimmunohistochemistryleptomeningeal
spellingShingle Navaneeth Reddy Hasthavaram
Tina Dadu
Rajan Duggal
Suhail Qureshi
Saphalta Baghmar
Amit Agarwal
Aseem Khurana
Aditya Sarin
Navdeep Singh
Ramesh Kumar
Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case report
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
gallbladder carcinoma
immunohistochemistry
leptomeningeal
title Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case report
title_full Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case report
title_fullStr Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case report
title_short Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case report
title_sort diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using csf cytology and immunohistochemistry a case report
topic gallbladder carcinoma
immunohistochemistry
leptomeningeal
url http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2020;volume=41;issue=6;spage=920;epage=922;aulast=Hasthavaram
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