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- brain. The arachnoid and pia mater are sometimes together called the leptomeninges, literally "thin meninges" (Gr****: λεπτός "leptos"—"thin"). Acute meningococcal...
- congenital melanocytic nevi on the skin and melanocytic tumors in the leptomeninges of the central nervous system. These lesions may occur in the amygdala...
- the central nervous system. The most common cancers to include the leptomeninges are breast cancer, lung cancer, and melanomas because they can metastasize...
- visual changes, headaches and partial paralysis. Leptomeninges: Tumours that spread to the leptomeninges, the lining of the brain, may cause cranial nerve...
- retracting the dura mater (white). Underneath the dura mater are the leptomeninges, which appear to be edematous and have multiple small hemorrhagic foci...
- from an encephalocele, which is a herniation of brain tissue and/or leptomeninges, that develops through a defect in the skull, where there is a continuity...
- mainly in males, lung, ligaments, tenosynovium PNS, ANS, heart, eye, leptomeninges S S A H Aβ2M β2-microglobulin, wild type β2-microglobulin, variants...
- late follow-up. Macroscopic findings include purulent exudates, opaque leptomeninges (thinning of meninges), pus, and ventriculitis/ ependymitis. In samples...
- whether or not plasma cells are present within the brain parenchyma, leptomeninges, dura, and/or the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Symptoms are diverse...
- parasites can cause visual loss, and infection of the spine and adjacent leptomeninges can cause paresthesias, pain, or paralysis. Humans become accidental...