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MeSH Heading: Meningeal Carcinomatosis
Tree Number(s): C04.588.614.250.580.150; C10.551.240.500.150
Unique ID: D055756
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055756
Scope Note: Primary or secondary neoplasm in the ARACHNOID or SUBARACHNOID SPACE. It appears as a diffuse fibrotic thickening of the MENINGES associated with variable degrees of inflammation.
Entry Term(s): Carcinomatous Meningitis; Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis
Previous Indexing: Meningeal Neoplasms (1978-2008); Meningitis (1966-2008)
See Also: Meningitis
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

secondary (SC)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Meningeal Carcinomatosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025