Definition of Leptomeningitis. Meaning of Leptomeningitis. Synonyms of Leptomeningitis

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Definition of Leptomeningitis

Leptomeningitis
Leptomeningitis Lep`to*men`in*gi"tis (l[e^]p`t[-o]*m[e^]n`[i^]n*j[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. lepto`s small + meningitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.

Meaning of Leptomeningitis from wikipedia

- Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most...
- Paul Biddinger; Amyn M. Rojiani (11 February 2014). "IgG4-related leptomeningitis: a reversible cause of rapidly progressive cognitive decline". Neurology...
- receptor, causing cell death. Infection usually mimics that of bacterial leptomeningitis, tuberculous meningitis, or viral encephalitis. The misdiagnosis often...
- infiltrations were common in the liver parenchyma.[citation needed] Leptomeningitis and nonsuppurative encephalitis were visible in brain sections under...
- conditions such as neurosarcoidosis, IgG4 related pachymeningitis or leptomeningitis are also known causes of chronic meningitis. Carcinomatous meningitis...
- and a gl**** of milk. An autopsy disclosed that he was suffering from leptomeningitis, a degenerative disease which could cause serious congestion of the...
- difficulty speaking, and altered mental status (otitic bacterial leptomeningitis)". New England Journal of Medicine. 357 (19): 1957–65. doi:10.1056/nejmcpc079028...
- on the characters of the lesions, the individual was suffering from Leptomeningitis tuberculosa. Instead, Roberts et al. (2009) offered alternative explanations...